Overview
- An immigration judge ordered the release of Chicago resident Rubén Torres Maldonado on a $2,000 bond so he can care for his 16-year-old daughter with an aggressive cancer, with his deportation case still pending.
- Esteban Danilo Quiroga-Chaparro, 21, was detained by ICE inside a USCIS office in San Francisco during a Green Card appointment on October 22, with DHS citing missed monitoring check-ins and his partner disputing that account; his next hearing is set for November 4.
- Reporting ties recent detentions to large-scale federal operations in cities such as Chicago, including the “Midway Blitz,” which authorities say produced more than 3,000 arrests.
- Families and attorneys say some detainees were removed or transferred without a chance to see a judge, including the case of Alejandro Juárez, whom DHS acknowledged was taken to Mexico and may be allowed to return to continue his case in custody.
- Community networks are mobilizing around cases that include arrests at workplaces, cross-state transfers, and medical vulnerabilities, with clergy accompanying immigrants to court and families fundraising for legal fees and treatment.