I represent the families of several people who died in ICE custody.
Our investigations into their deaths have revealed dire warnings about chronic underspending on detained migrants’ needs.
If today’s stories are true, @McKinsey’s recommendations contributed to these deaths.
Our investigations into their deaths have revealed dire warnings about chronic underspending on detained migrants’ needs.
If today’s stories are true, @McKinsey’s recommendations contributed to these deaths.
Less than 8 hours after doctors pronounced Jean Jimenez dead, ICE officials admitted in emails that having a single mental healthcare provider covering a nearly 2000-person private ICE prison was “not doable.”
One employee called under-staffing of the facility a “ticking bomb”.
One employee called under-staffing of the facility a “ticking bomb”.
To speed through deportations at the border, DHS officials allowed Ronal Francisco to languish on a floor in the open cages at Ursula waiting ICE detention as part of a “consequence delivery system”. He died from bacterial meningitis after not getting emergency care in time.
According to a @kenklippenstein scoop, Efrain Romero suffered what an ICE medical whistleblower described as a preventable death, nearly identical to the one Jean endured, as a result of ICE’s continued refusal to dedicate additional resources to detained migrants’ care.
Gourgen Mirimanian’s heart conditions were so severe that the Bureau of Prisons moved him to a specialized medical facility. After he served his sentence, he entered a private ICE prison. His cardiology appt never happened. it costs to transport ppl. He died of a heart attack.
These are just some of the cases for which we’ve obtained the government’s own records acknowledging the abject failures in systemic care and provision for imprisoned migrants and refugees, resulting in their deaths.
These investigations and the accountability litigation they may result in would not be possible without the help of intrepid co-counsel & support teams like @ProjectSouth @AlOtroLado_Org @ashahshahani @TransLawCenter @ThinkLawLab @taylorklevy @ImmFamTogether and many others.
