Second Detainee Dies at NJ ICE Facility Delaney Hall
ICE said staff called 911 after the 41-year-old detainee suffered a medical emergency, and the official cause of death is still pending.
- 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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Salvadoran man complained of access to medication before death at immigration jail, family says
Family members of a Salvadoran man who died at a New Jersey immigration jail are demanding an independent investigation into his death, alleging he was denied proper medical care inside a facility that has become a flashpoint for protests against U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
It has been three nights since the mother received that definitive call from Newark University Hospital in New Jersey. Her son, Salvadoran Edwin Giovanni López Cornejo, who was transferred from Delaney Hall detention center on August 1, was already dead when they put him in the hands of the doctors. “I have a recording of the hospital that says that, when he arrived, his heart had already stopped,” said the mother, Maria Cornejo, at a press conf…
Family of man who died in ICE detention in New Jersey alleges medical negligence in custody
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - The family of a man from El Salvador, who died in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in New Jersey, alleged medical negligence during his custody and demanded an independent inve...
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In his statement, the ICE said that López Cornejo “received adequate medical care and was attended by health professionals”
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