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"LAKEVIEW — When 16-year-old Ofelia Torres’ father called from the Broadview
ICE facility to say he had been taken by four masked federal immigration
agents, the teen’s mother was at home helping drain the small IV port that
keeps Ofelia nourished and alive during Stage 4, while the teenager showed her
cousins how the small medical contraption worked.
For almost a year, Ofelia Torres, a student at Lake View High School, has been
receiving treatment for a rare and aggressive form of cancer. She had been home
from the hospital for less than a day when the call came Saturday.
She’d just finished 39 days of treatment at Lurie Children’s Hospital,
including another grueling round of chemotherapy. The night before her dad
disappeared, she walked slowly through her backyard and lay in her own bed for
the first time in weeks. The familiar smell of her house, the weight of her
blankets, “felt like a dream,” she said.
When the call from an unknown number came in, the dream turned into a
nightmare.
“In my head, I knew it,” she said. “I knew they got my dad.”
Ruben Torres, a house painter and self-employed contract worker who has lived
in Chicago since 2003 with his partner of 20 years, was detained Saturday in
suburban Niles by ICE agents, according to court documents.
Ruben Torres’ attorney, Kalman Resnick, filed an emergency motion asking a
federal judge to order his release, arguing that his detention is unlawful and
violates his constitutional right to due process."
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
