DHS cites recent policy shift after not disclosing death of Guatemalan man who had been in custody
DHS said it did not disclose the death because ICE was not notified after the detainee left custody and no longer tracks such cases.
- On Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed that Jose Chajon-Raxon, a Guatemalan detainee, died following a medical emergency at the Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, New Jersey.
- Under a policy change enacted earlier this year, the agency no longer reports detainee deaths occurring within 30 days of release, maintaining it is 'not responsible when an individual passes away weeks after leaving their custody.'
- Chajon-Raxon experienced 'seizure-like activity' on July 19, one day after being detained, and was granted a 'discretionary release' from ICE on July 22, though the DHS did not specify when he died.
- Representative Rob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, called the policy a 'loophole' that allows ICE to avoid 'public scrutiny' and evade accountability for detainee deaths occurring outside official detention.
- Since January last year, more than 50 people have died in ICE custody nationwide under President Donald Trump's administration, while the Geo Group-operated Delaney Hall facility has faced persistent protests by immigration advocates.
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