US EditionICE Launches Investigation After Detainee Death at Moshannon Valley Facility
PENNSYLVANIA, AUG 7 – Chaofeng Ge, a 32-year-old detainee awaiting an immigration hearing, died by suicide after five days in custody at the largest ICE detention center in the Northeast, which holds over 1,300 daily.
- At the Moshannon Valley Processing Center on Aug. 5, staff found Chaofeng Ge, 32, of China, hanging in a shower room and pronounced him dead by the Clearfield County coroner at 6 a.m.
- Facing fraud charges, Chaofeng Ge pleaded guilty on July 31 and was released to ICE custody, with an ICE detainer lodged the next day by the Lower Paxton Township Police Department.
- At 5:21 a.m., staff discovered Ge hanging by the neck, immediately lowered him, began CPR and contacted Phillipsburg Emergency Medical Services, Pennsylvania State Police, and the coroner’s office.
- ICE confirmed it has opened an investigation and notified the Chinese Embassy of the death, the first in Northeast ICE facilities this fiscal year.
- Amid rising detainee numbers, critics have targeted Moshannon, where 12 people have died in ICE facilities this year, prompting an immigrant-advocate news conference Thursday.
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Jayapal Statement on Death of Detained Person at Moshannon Detention Center - Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal
SEATTLE, WA – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee, released the following statement after a Chinese national, Chaofeng Ge, died at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Pennsylvania. “First and foremost, my heart goes out to Mr. Ge’s family and loved ones. His death is an […]
Chinese Illegal Alien Convicted for Credit Card Fraud Dies in ICE Custody
Chaofeng Ge, a 32-year-old citizen of China, was pronounced dead at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, after jailers found him hanging by the neck in a shower room. Ge was facing removal from the United States after his conviction for charges related to a credit card fraud scheme earlier this year. The post Chinese Illegal Alien Convicted for Credit Card Fraud Dies in ICE Custody appeared first on Breitbart.
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