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Immigrants Are Dying in U.S. Detention Centers. And It Could Get Worse.

By Brendan O'Boyle

Trump’s push for more detentions with fewer protections will endanger more lives, advocates say.

Osmar Epifanio González Gadba, 32, hanged himself in March after three months in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in California while awaiting deportation to Nicaragua.

Jean Carlos Jiménez-Joseph, 27, from Panama, hanged himself in ICE custody two months later, after...

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