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Mexican Immigrant Efrain De La Rosa Dies by Suicide in Stewart Detention Center

HeadlineJul 13, 2018

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, known as ICE, says a Mexican immigrant named Efrain De La Rosa has died by suicide while detained in Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia. The for-profit detention center is owned and operated by CoreCivic, formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America. De La Rosa is at least the eighth person to die in ICE custody so far this year.

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