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Advocates Insist Migrant Detainees “Don’t Have to Die” in Custody – So ICE Releases Them First
Loaded on Nov. 29, 2022
by Jayson Hawkins
Filed under:
Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death),
Immigration Law/Offenses.
Location:
District of Columbia.
by Jayson Hawkins
After Kesley Vial, a 23-year-old Brazilian immigrant, hanged himself at the Torrance County Detention Facility in Albuquerque on August 24, 2022, his death became one of four reported for the year by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The agency has reported a total of 41 detainee ...
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