Largest ICE detention facility wasted millions and put detainees at risk, report finds
Read full article: Largest ICE detention facility wasted millions and put detainees at risk, report findsA new report alleges that mismanagement at a massive Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas produced unsafe conditions that contributed to detainees’ deaths and suffering even as millions of tax dollars were wasted on contractors.
Rep. Veronica Escobar, two dozen Democrats call on ICE to close troubled El Paso detention camp
Read full article: Rep. Veronica Escobar, two dozen Democrats call on ICE to close troubled El Paso detention campThree deaths have been reported recently at the hastily constructed camp. One was ruled a homicide involving staff. Claims of medical neglect and unsanitary conditions are rife.
Cuban man’s death at El Paso tent camp was result of “spontaneous use of force,” ICE says
Read full article: Cuban man’s death at El Paso tent camp was result of “spontaneous use of force,” ICE saysHis death is the first homicide in ICE custody in recent history, experts said. It comes after the deadliest year in ICE detention in decades.
Two cases of tuberculosis detected at El Paso ICE facility
Read full article: Two cases of tuberculosis detected at El Paso ICE facilityEighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
After El Paso’s ME ruled migrant’s death a homicide, ICE sent the next body to an Army hospital
Read full article: After El Paso’s ME ruled migrant’s death a homicide, ICE sent the next body to an Army hospitalICE bypassed the county medical examiner in favor of a military facility for the autopsy of a Nicaraguan man and won’t release a ruling to the public.
After a death at an El Paso ICE facility was ruled a homicide, will prosecutors pursue a criminal case?
Read full article: After a death at an El Paso ICE facility was ruled a homicide, will prosecutors pursue a criminal case?Because Geraldo Lunas Campos died at a military base, the El Paso District Attorney says any criminal case may fall to federal prosecutors. But criminal law experts say the state doesn’t have to defer to them.
Private guard called 911 in ICE detainee homicide, saying man ‘kept going’ after suicide attempt
Read full article: Private guard called 911 in ICE detainee homicide, saying man ‘kept going’ after suicide attemptA private security guard told a 911 dispatcher that a Cuban immigrant at a Texas detention center tried to hang himself, was restrained by guards in handcuffs, and stopped breathing during a subsequent struggle.
Immigrant’s death in ICE custody ruled homicide by El Paso medical examiner
Read full article: Immigrant’s death in ICE custody ruled homicide by El Paso medical examinerImmigration officials initially said the 55-year-old Cuban detainee died of “medical distress” but later changed the cause to suicide. The medical examiner ruled he was suffocated while being restrained.
ICE says an immigrant who died in a sprawling Texas detention facility killed himself
Read full article: ICE says an immigrant who died in a sprawling Texas detention facility killed himselfFederal officials say an immigrant from Nicaragua has been found dead at a Texas immigration detention facility.
ICE says a Cuban man died during a suicide attempt. A witness says a Texas guard pinned and choked him.
Read full article: ICE says a Cuban man died during a suicide attempt. A witness says a Texas guard pinned and choked him.A Cuban immigrant who lived in the U.S. for nearly three decades died in a Texas immigration facility during an altercation with guards.