ICE Detainee Dies at Delaney Hall After Illegal Reentry

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52% : According to ICE, employees of the GEO Group, the private company that operates Delaney Hall, responded alongside medical staff and contacted 911 after the emergency unfolded.
52% : ICE officials said that Lopez-Cornejo received proper medical care during his detention. MORE STORY: Chilling Handprints Highlight Newly Released Photos from Idaho Crime Scene of Quadruple Murder The agency notified the Department of Homeland Security oversight offices, the Consulate of El Salvador in Elizabeth, and Lopez-Cornejo's next of kin, the statement said. Lopez-Cornejo's death drew swift condemnation from New Jersey officials, who reiterated demands to shut down Delaney Hall.
43% : Officials said a formal medical review has not yet determined Lopez-Cornejo's official cause of death. Lopez-Cornejo was initially taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol after entering the country without inspection on or around Aug. 13, 2006.
42% : He later re-entered the U.S. illegally on an unknown date before ICE officers arrested him in Plainfield, New Jersey, on June 18.
39% : A 41-year-old man from El Salvador who had previously been deported and later re-entered the United States illegally has died while in federal custody, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Monday.
39% : ICE identified the man as Edwin Lopez-Cornejo and said he died Aug. 1 at University Hospital in Newark after experiencing a medical emergency while being held at the Delaney Hall Detention Facility.
36% : Bill Melugin reported on "Special Report" as Republican lawmakers pushed back against what they described as "false narratives" surrounding ICE's treatment of detainees, while Democrats cited allegations of inhumane conditions and hunger strikes at the Newark facility.

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