Chicago teen dies of rare cancer after advocating for detained father
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Chicago teenager Ofelia Torres, who spoke out online for her father’s release from ICE detention while battling Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, has died at 16. Her father was later released on bond; a judge ruled he could pursue cancellation of removal due to the impact on his U.S. citizen children, a hearing she attended by Zoom days before her death, highlighting the human toll of immigration enforcement.
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