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Mexican Man Is 8th Person to Die in ICE Custody This Year

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He had been in U.S. custody since Sept. 3.

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A 37-year-old Mexican man died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody on Tuesday, according to reporting by BuzzFeed News. A source told the news site that the man had been in custody at the McHenry County Adult Correctional Facility in Woodstock, Illinois, since Sept. 3, and died at a hospital in the area on Tuesday. The man was to appear in immigration court after ICE officials issued him a notice for deportation proceedings. This is the eighth death to happen in ICE custody this year.

Read it at https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/ice-custody-death-mexican-immigrant-illinois

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