Overview
- Maher Tarabishi, detained since October after a routine immigration check in Dallas, remains in ICE custody at the Bluebonnet Detention Center in Anson, Texas.
- Family and their attorney say ICE rejected requests for temporary release or an escort for Tarabishi to visit his gravely ill son at the hospital and to attend the funeral.
- Wael Tarabishi, 30, who lived with Pompe disease and relied on his father for round‑the‑clock specialized care, died on January 23 after about a month in the ICU.
- Relatives report Wael’s health worsened following his father’s detention, including emergency hospitalizations for sepsis and pneumonia in November and a feeding‑tube complication in December.
- A DHS spokesperson cites a 2006 deportation order and calls Maher a self‑confessed PLO member, assertions the family disputes as their lawyer moves to reopen the case alleging fraud by the original asylum representative.