Disabled man, 30, dies alone after his solo caregiver dad is detained by ICE

[LiberalArkie]

A man with serious disabilities has sadly passed away after his father, who had been his primary caregiver, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement back in October. Now his family has issued one last heartbreaking plea.

Wael Tarabishi, 30, died on Friday, January 23, from complications related to Pompe disease, a rare genetic condition which causes progressive muscle weakness. If left untreated, sufferers will usually die of respiratory complications. His father, Maher Tarabishi, had dedicated himself to caring for his son. Then, on October 28, 2025, everything changed.

During a scheduled annual check-in at the Dallas ICE Field office, Maher, who arrived in the U.S. from Jordan in 1994, was detained and taken into custody at the Blubonnet Detention Facility in Anson, some 200 miles west of Dallas, Texas.

A matter of weeks later, Wael's health declined drastically, which his family have attributed to the extreme stress of the situation. A GoFundMe page set up for the Tarabishi family reads: "Wael's body could no longer handle the stress. We have said before that Maher's daily presence in Wael's life was not optional; rather, it was essential to his survival and well-being."

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https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/disabled-man-30-dies-alone-36629837

[Lonestarblue]

1. One more death ICE caused. They should be called the Trump/Miller Death Squad.

[Blue Owl]

2. Where's the fucking OUTRAGE this story deserves 100 times over???

[neeksgeek]

3. This is the "pro-life" party in action. NT

[mountain grammy]

18. Republican policies are anti life.

Republicans are anti life.

[LiberalArkie]

4. Family of Arlington man detained by ICE calls for release to attend son's funeral

Published January 26, 2026 at 11:02 AM CST

The family of an Arlington man detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last fall is once again pleading for his release – this time to attend his son’s funeral.

Maher Tarabishi has been in ICE custody since late October and remains at the Blubonnet Detention Facility in Anson, about 200 miles west of Dallas.

HIs son, 30-year-old Wael Tarabishi, died over the weekend after a month in the ICU at Mansfield Medical Center from complications related to Pompe disease, a rare genetic condition. He had been hospitalized in December for a stomach infection.

According to a news release sent to KERA from the Tarabishi family, Wael became unconscious after his second surgery.

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https://www.keranews.org/news/2026-01-26/maher-wael-tarabishi-dies-ice-release

[patphil]

5. Another ICE murder.

[Stargazer99]

6. Trump said a lot of people will die-but not the rich-you see if you are not wealthy you are just a thing to use

and destroy at their convenience

[SuzyandPuffpuff]

7. Unforgivable

I hope each and every one of those responsible suffer long slow painful frightening ends to their filth driven lives. Fuck the cast and crew. Fuck ice. Fuck the orange fetid decaying monster in charge. Slow lingering deaths to all of them

[hadEnuf]

8. Betcha ICE is giggling over that one.

[Kid Berwyn]

9. The cruelty is the point.

I don't like cliches, but I hate NAZIs and their enablers.

[Harker]

10. Death panels.

[Fil1957]

11. This is one that we know about. How many others have happened that we haven't heard about?

[SunSeeker]

12. K & R for exposure

[electric_blue68]

13. The list of atrocities keeps growing...

Arrggg! 😬😖😢

[pandr32]

14. This can't continue. Who are we?

What hell is this?
Families, communities, and our very lives are all being chopped for nothing more than not voting for an unqualified gasbag with an ego so large he must gobble everything we have and are. He has teamed up with the world's most atrocious villains and for their ass-kissing and financial kickbacks he lets them run amok. While he gorges himself on the spoils he plays (for sadistic entertainment and vengeance) with our lives.
Is this who we are now? There are no Marvel superheros coming to save us and the more we fight back ourselves the meaner he gets.

I hurt for these people who have been preyed upon and worry who of us is next. It is hell.

[Initech]

16. The US is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Elon Musk and the tech bros, apparently.

Fuck them all!

[Initech]

15. Fuck ICE!

[orangecrush]

17. When is enough?

[sarisataka]

19. The request for the father to be temporarily released to attend his son's funeral

Has been denied by ICE

[Warpy]

20. Full time caregiveers get so isolated in this country

even when the family can afford visiting nurses, sitters, and other respite care. I doub his dad had anone he could call even if ICE had been humane enoigh to allow him to set up alternative care for his son.

The horror stories will just keep coming in. DHS must be definded out of existence and ICE must be completely disbanded. Both have been irretrievably broken by Noem, Miller, Lewandowsky , and the rest of the bigots and the people who want to burn this country to the ground.

Enough.

[LymphocyteLover]

21. How many more people must this evil administration KILL?????

[Johonny]

22. When ICE deports people

They are deporting the best. The exact opposite of what voters were promised.

[Bettie]

23. I saw that and it is terrible and unnecessary!

And even worse this guy was here LEGALLY since he was going to his annual check in...

We are a NATION of fucking immigrants who, frankly, treated (and still treat) the people who were already living here when the first white people showed up horrifically.

[Faux pas]

24. ...

[BlueSpot]

25. I eagerly await Kristi Noem's trial, among others n/t