Immigrant held at New Jersey ICE facility dies, officials say

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : "ICE is committed to ensuring that all those in custody reside in safe, secure and humane environments," ICE's statement said.
56% : In its statement, ICE said that "while in custody, Lopez-Cornejo received proper medical care and was seen by medical professionals."
52% : Lopez-Cornejo "experienced a medical emergency while in ICE custody," and facility staff and medical staff "responded immediately and called 911 for emergency medical services," ICE said in its statement.
46% : He posted medical questions to ICE authorities, but was not given answers, he said.
45% : During the dayslong protests, clashes were seen between protesters and armed, masked ICE agents, including some who used gas canisters and batons, video from Freedom News TV obtained by CNN shows.
44% : Brutus died of suspected natural causes after suffering a medical emergency, ICE said.
43% : Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, a 41-year-old migrant being held at the Delaney Hall detention center, was pronounced dead on Saturday by medical workers at University Hospital in Newark, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement Monday.
40% : His family and the consulate of El Salvador in Elizabeth, New Jersey, were notified of his death, ICE said.
40% : " The Department of Homeland Security has repeatedly denied elected officials' claims of unacceptable conditions at Delaney Hall, saying they were "spreading smears about ICE law enforcement" and the facility.
39% : He illegally entered the US at a later unknown date, and was arrested on June 18 in Plainfield, New Jersey, after which he was detained at Delaney Hall pending removal from the United States, ICE said.
37% : A Salvadoran man being held at a controversial immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, has died, federal officials said Monday, marking the latest death of an immigrant in ICE custody.
35% : Menendez also criticized ICE in June for ending its policy of reporting deaths of recently released detainees - a change that came amid increasing scrutiny over the deaths of immigrants in federal custody.
32% : " ICE said that Border Patrol arrested Lopez-Cornejo for illegally entering the US in 2006, deporting him later that year to El Salvador.
26% : " The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (ACLU-NJ) expressed its condolences for the loss and demanded "accountability from ICE, the immediate closure of Delaney Hall, and an end to immigration detention once and for all," its statement said.
25% : The two men are among the more than 50 ICE detainees who have died since President Donald Trump returned to office last year and began pushing for mass deportations.

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