Ofelia Vergel De Dios Roberts, age 63 of Smyrna, TN, passed away Friday, March 27, 2026. Born in Angat Bulacan, Philippines, she was the daughter of the late Ildefonso Vergel De Dios, Sr. and Corazon ...
A Chicago teen who spoke out for her father's release after he was detained last fall by immigration officials in a deportation case has died after battling a rare form of cancer. Ofelia Giselle ...
Loved ones are remembering 16-year-old Ofelia Torres as a brave advocate, after the teenager died while battling stage 4 cancer after successfully fighting to get her father released from immigration ...
Ofelia Torres, the 16-year-old Chicago student who publicly appealed for her father’s release from immigration detention while battling a rare cancer, has died, reports NBC news. Ofelia passed away on ...
A Chicago teenager who previously made headlines calling for the release of her dad from ICE custody has died from a rare form of cancer. Ofelia Torres, 16 — the daughter of Ruben Torres Maldonado, ...
The Chicago teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody after he was detained in Niles, Illinois, last October has died. Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar ...
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A Chicago teenager whose father was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last year as she was sick with a rare form of cancer has died. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...
Ofelia Torres, 16, spotlighted her dad Ruben’s illegal detention last fall during Trump’s crackdown in Chicago A Chicago teenager, whose father was detained by immigration authorities while she ...
A Chicago teen who fought for her father's release from immigration detention while she was battling stage 4 cancer, has died, a representative for her family says. Ofelia Torres died Friday at age 16 ...
CHICAGO — The Chicago teen who fought for her father’s release from ICE custody has died from a rare cancer, three days after an immigration judge provided her father a path toward U.S. citizenship.