ICE arrests Chicago man whose teenage daughter is fighting cancer

ICE arrests Chicago man whose teenage daughter is fighting cancer: ‘He belongs with her’

Ofelia Torres, 16, left, and her mother, Sandibell Hidalgo, 40, at their home on Oct. 20, 2025, in Chicago. Torres' father and Hidalgo's husband, Ruben Torres Maldonado, was taken by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers over the weekend. Ofelia Torres was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma cancer in December 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Ofelia Torres has spent almost every day of the past month at Lurie Children’s Hospital, where the 16-year-old Lake View High School student is fighting cancer.