CHICAGO (WGN) — A federal judge has ruled that a father seeking release from detainment by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as his daughter battles a rare and aggressive life-threatening form of cancer, will get a bond hearing next week.

Ruben Torres Maldonado remains incarcerated inside the Clay County Jail in Brazil, Indiana.

While the presiding federal judge denied Maldonado's request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) that would have allowed him to return home to his family, the judge did rule in favor of a court hearing on or before Friday, Oct. 31.

Federal agents arrested Maldonado last Saturday outside a Home Depot in Niles. He has lived in the United States since 2003 and has two children who are U.S. citizens.

Maldonado's oldest child, 16-year-old

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