Second Immigrant Dies Of Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 In ICE Custody
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A man in custody of the US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency died on Sunday.
Business Insider reports 34-year-old Santiago Baten-Oxlag died of complications from COVID-19.
The Guatemalan immigrant died in a hospital in Columbus, Georgia, that he had been transferred to from ICE's Stewart Detention Center, in Lumpkin, Georgia.
He's the second immigrant to die from COVID-19 while in ICE custody. El Salvadoran Carlos Escobar Mejia died from the virus earlier this month.
As of May 16, 1,201 ICE detainees had tested positive for COVID-19, including 16 at the facility where Baten-Oxlag was being held.
As of last week, ICE was holding 26,000 people in its detention centers across the US.
Business Insider reports 34-year-old Santiago Baten-Oxlag died of complications from COVID-19.
The Guatemalan immigrant died in a hospital in Columbus, Georgia, that he had been transferred to from ICE's Stewart Detention Center, in Lumpkin, Georgia.
He's the second immigrant to die from COVID-19 while in ICE custody. El Salvadoran Carlos Escobar Mejia died from the virus earlier this month.
As of May 16, 1,201 ICE detainees had tested positive for COVID-19, including 16 at the facility where Baten-Oxlag was being held.
As of last week, ICE was holding 26,000 people in its detention centers across the US.