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37-Year-Old Mexican Man Dies in ICE Custody, the 8th Such Death This Fiscal Year

HeadlineSep 12, 2019

In Illinois, a 37-year-old Mexican man became the eighth immigrant during this fiscal year to die after being jailed by U.S. immigration officials. That’s according to BuzzFeed News, which reports the unnamed man died in a local hospital after he was jailed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on September 3 at the McHenry County Adult Correctional Facility in Woodstock, Illinois.

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