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Third detainee dies after medical emergency at New Jersey ICE facility

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A third migrant detained at Delaney Hall, New Jersey's largest immigrant detention facility located in Newark, has died following a medical emergency. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told The Hill in a statement Thursday that, on July 19, a nurse was responding to another emergency when sh…

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  1. ICE Belatedly Confirms Death of Third Delaney Hall Detainee

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  1. Just the News

    Third immigrant detained at Delaney Hall in New Jersey dies (opens Just the News)

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    Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Chajon-Raxon on July 18 and took him to Delaney Hall, according to a Department of Homeland Security statement. The next day, a nurse saw him experiencing what appeared to be a seizure.

  2. New York Times

    A Third Immigrant Detained at Delaney Hall Dies After Medical Emergency (opens New York Times)

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    A Guatemalan migrant was transferred to a hospital when he experienced what appeared to be a seizure, federal officials said.

  3. Pix11

    Man dies after being held at NJ ICE facility: Rep. Menendez (opens Pix11)

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    NEW YORK (PIX11) -- Another person in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Delaney Hall in Newark has died and been identified, according to New Jersey Congressman Robert Menendez. Jose Chajon-Raxon, a migrant from Guatemala, died after a medical incident at Delaney Hall, Rep.

  4. The City

    ICE Belatedly Confirms Death of Third Delaney Hall Detainee (opens The City)

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    ICE belatedly confirmed the death of a third immigrant at the Delaney Hall Detainee Hall detention center in Newark, more than a week after a local member of congress told the public he was informed of the man’s death.

  5. Washington Examiner

    Third illegal immigrant detained at New Jersey ICE facility Delaney Hall dies in hospital (opens Washington Examiner)

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    A third illegal immigrant detained at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, has died shortly after being taken into custody, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

  6. The Guardian

    Third person dies at New Jersey immigration detention center (opens The Guardian)

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    José Chajón-Raxón experienced ‘seizure-like activity’ at Delaney Hall and later died after being hospitalized A Guatemalan immigrant detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a Newark, New Jersey , facility suffered a medical emergency and later died after being hospitalized, accor…

  7. The Hill

    Third detainee dies after medical emergency at New Jersey ICE facility (opens The Hill)

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    A third migrant detained at Delaney Hall, New Jersey's largest immigrant detention facility located in Newark, has died following a medical emergency. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told The Hill in a statement Thursday that, on July 19, a nurse was responding to another emergency when sh…

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