A 76-year-old longtime U.S. resident with Stage 4 prostate cancer, who was held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma for more than two months, has been released.
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Loreto Javar, a retired hotel worker who lives in Fife with his wife and daughter, was detained June 23 while applying for U.S. citizenship.
Tanggol Migrante Movement told Northwest Asian Weekly, “His story is a tragic example of the costs of this inhumane detention quota. He was released on Sept. 1 …His release came after he missed multiple oncology appointments and treatment while in detention, while ICE restricted two months of chemo medications from him.”
Federal officials say Javar failed to disclose a decades-old conviction in the Philippines when he came to the U.S. in 1995. Court documents say he served about three years in prison there after a deadly altercation.
Javar’s family says he has no criminal history in the U.S. and has renewed his green card several times without problems.
Javar was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in January.
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