Mass. Lawmakers, Family Demand Accountability After Haitian Man Dies in ICE Custody

Toothache leads to man's death in ICE facility, MA lawmakers say

A Haitian asylum-seeker who had been living in Massachusetts died while detained in an ICE center on March 2 from an untreated tooth infection.

Mass. lawmakers, family demand accountability after Haitian man dies in ICE custody

Massachusetts lawmakers are seeking answers after a Haitian man seeking asylum died in ICE custody as a result of an untreated tooth infection, the man's brother said.

Haitian man who died in ICE custody lived in Mass.

A Haitian man living in Massachusetts and seeking asylum died while in federal custody after being detained in September by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Emmanuel Damas, 56, died on Monday after a toothache went untreated, his brother, Presly Nelson, told The Associated Press. Federal lawmakers from Massachusetts confirmed Damas lived in the state and called on ICE to be held accountable.

Haitian man who had been living in Mass. dies in ICE custody after untreated toothache

U.S. Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren as well as U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley sent a letter on Thursday to the Trump administration demanding "a full investigation" into the man's death.

Massachusetts Delegates Demand Investigation into Death of Emmanuel Damas in ICE Custody

Washington (March 5, 2026) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Rep. Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), demanded a full investigation from DHS and Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons into the death of Emmanuel Damas, a 56-year-old Haitian asylum-seeker and Massachusetts

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42. That is the number of people who have died in ICE-Gestapo custody since Donald Trump and his White Nationalist Fascists returned to power in 2025. That is roughly four times the number of fatalities that occurred in these facilities in 2024. Haitian asylum seeker Emmanuel Damas is the latest victim of Donald Trump, Stephen ...