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Mullin reveals cause of latest death at New Jersey ICE facility
Gov. Mikie Sherrill is weighing a shutdown as the 1,000-bed facility faces its second detainee death and renewed legal challenges.
- On Monday, federal authorities announced that 41-year-old Salvadoran migrant Edwin Lopez-Cornejo died at the Delaney Hall ICE detention facility in Newark following a "medical emergency" over the weekend.
- Delaney Hall has become a flashpoint for opposition since reopening last year as an ICE detention facility, with New Jersey filing a lawsuit against the GEO Group alleging "inhumane" conditions and detainees staging hunger strikes.
- This incident marks the second death at the 1,000-bed facility, where New Jersey officials say they continue to face obstruction in their efforts to conduct a full health inspection.
- New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka renewed calls to shutter the facility, with Sherrill calling Lopez-Cornejo's death a "tragedy" and "another painful reminder of why Delaney Hall should be closed."
- Homeland Security rejected allegations of mistreatment, asserting ICE "is committed to ensuring that all those in custody reside in safe, secure and humane environments," while Sherrill opposes private detention facilities like the proposed Roxbury site.
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