A 76-year-old lawful permanent resident with stage 4 prostate cancer has missed two oncology appointments while held in immigration detention near Tacoma, Washington, and an immigration judge's decision to extend his case means he is expected to miss a third.
Loreto Javar has been held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center since June 23, when federal officers took him into custody during his U.S. citizenship interview in Tukwila. He has lived in the United States since 1995 and worked for years in the hotel industry in Fife. His daughter, Daisy Javar, told Newsweek that he also has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
