Third detainee dies after medical emergency at New Jersey ICE facility

A third migrant detained at Delaney Hall, New Jersey’s largest immigrant detention facility located in Newark, has died following a medical emergency. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told The Hill in a statement Thursday that, on July 19, a nurse was responding to another emergency when she noticed Guatemalan

A third illegal immigrant detained at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, has died shortly after being taken into custody, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Guatemalan national Jose Chajon-Raxon died a day after being taken into custody and brought to the fac

The DHS said Chajon-Raxon was "released from ICE custody on July 22" but did not provide more details on that. The DHS statement did not mention when Chajon-Raxon died.

A Guatemalan migrant was transferred to a hospital when he experienced what appeared to be a seizure, federal officials said.