The father’s plea that ICE ignored: ‘I have a daughter with Down syndrome and autism and a wife with cancer, please don’t deport me’

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• – US citizen deported despite pleas to be reunited with family, advocates say father with serious health conditions and disabilities was left behind.
• – Walter Marcelino Chao was deported to Peru after being detained for over a year despite his repeated claims of having a wife with cancer and a daughter with Down syndrome and autism.
• – Advocates say the father was left without options and was forced to leave his family behind, highlighting concerns about the US immigration system's treatment of families with serious medical conditions.