Overview
- Ruben Torres Maldonado remains in ICE custody at the Clay County Jail in Indiana as his attorneys prepare to seek release on bond.
- He was arrested Oct. 18 outside a Home Depot in Niles during a targeted enforcement operation linked to Operation Midway Blitz.
- The court declined to order his immediate release and directed immigration court to hold the bond hearing on or before Oct. 31.
- DHS points to habitual driving offenses and alleges he tried to flee and backed into a government vehicle, while his lawyers cite family hardship and no criminal record beyond traffic cases.
- The ruling rejects the administration’s expanded view of mandatory detention, a legal fight drawing local protests as his 16-year-old daughter continues cancer treatment.