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Detainee dies at Delaney Hall ICE detention center: NJ senator
The family says he was denied diabetes medication in custody, and advocates say the death is the second at the Newark facility.
- On Monday, Aug. 3, Maria Cornejo announced that her son, Edwin Lopez Cornejo, died Aug. 1 at Delaney Hall detention center in Newark after being detained since June 18.
- The 1,000-bed Delaney Hall facility has faced national scrutiny over reports of alleged medical neglect and abuse; this death marks the second recorded fatality since last December when Haitian national Jean Wilson Brutus died.
- Maria Cornejo attributed her son's death to lack of diabetes medication while detained; he had lived in the United States for nearly 20 years and was the father of a 12-year-old girl.
- Rep. LaMonica McIver denounced the death as a "pattern of abuse and neglect," stating "cruelty is at its core," and vowed to continue working to shut down Delaney Hall and abolish ICE.
- This facility serves as a flashpoint in President Trump's immigration enforcement escalation, which has equipped ICE with a budget surpassing the militaries of all but 15 countries; the Department of Homeland Security has not responded to requests for comment.
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