A Salvadoran immigrant who was being held at a troubled federal detention center in Newark died during the weekend, federal officials confirmed Monday evening.<\/p>\n
The man, identified by immigration officials as Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, was being held at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, which has faced scrutiny and protests over the treatment of detainees.<\/p>\n
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which oversees Delaney Hall, said that Mr. Lopez-Cornejo, 41, was pronounced dead on Saturday by medical workers at University Hospital in Newark. After Mr. Lopez-Cornejo experienced a medical emergency at Delaney Hall, employees \u201cresponded immediately and called 911 for emergency medical services,\u201d the agency said. The cause of his death was not known.<\/p>\n
Mr. Lopez-Cornejo is the second Delaney Hall detainee to have died in the past eight months.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn less than a year, yet another family is forced to endure the unimaginable loss of a loved one while in custody at Delaney Hall,\u201d Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark, said in a statement.<\/p>\n
In December, Jean Wilson Brutus, 41, died after a medical emergency, federal officials said at the time. Delaney Hall was reopened last year to accommodate President Trump\u2019s expanding immigration crackdown.<\/p>\n
Border Patrol officials said that Mr. Lopez-Cornejo had entered the United States illegally in 2006. An immigration judge had ordered him removed at that time, and he was deported to El Salvador two months later, according to federal officials. He entered the country illegally again later and was arrested on June 18 in Plainfield, N.J. He was detained at Delaney Hall pending removal from the United States.<\/p>\n
While in custody, Mr. Lopez-Cornejo \u201creceived proper medical care and was seen by medical professionals,\u201d ICE said. His family and the Consulate of El Salvador in Elizabeth, N.J., were notified of his death.<\/p>\n
\u201cICE is committed to ensuring that all those in custody reside in safe, secure and humane environments,\u201d the agency said in a statement. \u201cAt no time during detention is a detained noncitizen denied emergency care.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a video posted on Facebook<\/a>, immigration advocates spoke with a woman who identified herself as Maria Cornejo, Mr. Lopez-Cornejo\u2019s mother. Ms. Cornejo said that she had last spoken with her son on Friday when he said that he was not feeling well. Ms. Cornejo said that he had been prescribed medication for diabetes, and he had told her on Friday that he had lost feeling in his face and hand. Mr. Lopez-Cornejo is survived by a 12-year-old daughter, his mother said.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was a good father,\u201d Ms. Cornejo said in Spanish, her voice trembling. \u201cI don\u2019t want other parents to know what I am living through. I want justice.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Lopez-Cornejo\u2019s death occurred as criticism over conditions at the detention center have grown louder in recent months. Lawmakers intensified calls<\/a> to improve the treatment of inmates after The New York Times published an article<\/a> last month that provided some of the first documented evidence of deficiencies in Delaney Hall\u2019s medical care and kitchens.<\/p>\n Gov. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey condemned the man\u2019s death and expressed support for his family while demanding answers from the federal government about what happened.<\/p>\n \u201cMy administration is working with our congressional delegation to gather all the facts surrounding this death,\u201d Ms. Sherrill said. \u201cThis tragedy is another painful reminder of why Delaney Hall should be closed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Salvadoran immigrant who was being held at a troubled federal detention center in Newark died during the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":978956,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[392870,341240,217722,5959,51,19930,19928,45110,74134,217727,50,15747,341241,392869,52,277,16852],"class_list":["post-978955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-andy-1982","tag-baraka","tag-delaney-hall-newark","tag-donald-j","tag-headlines","tag-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-us","tag-immigration-and-emigration","tag-immigration-detention","tag-kim","tag-newark-nj","tag-news","tag-nj","tag-ras","tag-salvadoran-americans","tag-top-stories","tag-trump","tag-united-states-politics-and-government"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117034416150509524","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=978955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/978956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=978955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=978955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=978955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}