Death of Wael Tarabishi
Wael Tarabishi
1 — medical death after loss of caregiver to detentionKilled
Wael Tarabishi (30, U.S. citizen) died on 2026-01-23 during or as a result of a ICE operation, in Arlington / Dallas area, Texas. Severely disabled and bedridden (Pompe disease), he died of complications (sepsis/pneumonia) after his father and sole full-time caregiver, Maher Tarabishi, was detained by ICE on 2025-10-28.
What is known
- Person: Wael Tarabishi, age 30; U.S. citizen.
- Date: 2026-01-23.
- Location: Arlington / Dallas area, Texas.
- Agency: ICE.
- Reported cause: medical death after loss of caregiver to detention.
- Circumstance: Severely disabled and bedridden (Pompe disease), he died of complications (sepsis/pneumonia) after his father and sole full-time caregiver, Maher Tarabishi, was detained by ICE on 2025-10-28.
- Official account: No agency causal statement; ICE confirmed the father's detention. Family blames ICE for removing his caregiver.
- Status: Family attributes death to the caregiver's detention; causal link is indirect/contested. Subject of a Wikipedia article ("Death of Wael Tarabishi").
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See also
- Category:Deaths by immigration enforcement
- Category:Deaths during immigration enforcement operations
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