Salvadoran man dies in ICE custody at New Jersey detention centre

Second Delaney Hall detainee death in eight months prompts calls to close facility, demands for answers.A Salvadoran man detained at a New Jersey Immigration facility has died, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has confirmed, in the second such death at the facility in less than a year.Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, 41, died on Saturday at a Newark hospital after experiencing a medical emergency at the Delaney Hall Detention facility, ICE said in a statement on Monday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3ICE extends lease on Texas Detention centre where three migrants diedlist 2 of 3Fatal Shooting in ICE Operationslist 3 of 3Most Americans say Trump has gone too far on US Immigration: Pollend of listAccording to the agency, staff from GEO Group – the private contractor that runs the facility – along with medical personnel, responded and arranged for him to be taken to hospital. Officials have not yet determined an official cause of death.ICE records show Lopez-Cornejo was first detained and deported after crossing into the US without authorisation in 2006. He returned to the country at a later point and was picked up again by agents in Plainfield, New Jersey, in mid-June this year, before being held at Delaney Hall under an order reviving his earlier deportation case.He leaves behind a 12-year-old daughter, his family said.Lopez-Cornejo had reportedly lived with diabetes, high blood pressure and seizures, and Immigration advocates say he had been denied his medication while in Detention. His mother, Maria Cornejo, appeared in a video posted to Facebook by advocacy groups, saying she had spoken with her son on Friday. He told her he was not feeling well and had lost feeling in his face and hand.As word of his death spread, protesters gathered outside Delaney Hall on Monday to hold a vigil in his memory.Gabriela Soto, whose husband has been in ICE Detention for more than five months, cries as she hugs a protester outside Delaney Hall Detention centre, after Edwin Lopez-Cornejo died on Saturday, in Newark, New Jersey [Ryan Murphy/Reuters]ICE maintains that everyone in its custody is screened for medical issues within hours of arrival, undergoes a fuller health check within two weeks, and has round-the-clock access to emergency treatment. The agency said Lopez-Cornejo had been properly cared for throughout his Detention.