Children and Adults who have died in U.S Immigration Custody
Leviticus 19:33-34 “When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.”
Countless Men, Women and Children have died in ICE Custody. The names below do not even begin to scratch the surface.
Jakelin Caal
A 7 year old girl from Guatemala
Felipe Gómez Alonzo
8 Year old Boy
Mariee Juárez
19 Month old baby Girl
Zeresenay Ermias Testfatsion
34 of Eritrea
Roxana Hernández
a transgender woman from Hondura
Mergensana Amar
40 Year Old Russia National
Yulio Castro-Garrido
33, a Cuban national
Huy Chi Tran
47, died at a detention center in Arizona while awaiting deportation to Vietnam.
References/ Resources
Father Daughter Drowning
Senate Agrees to give funding to the Boarder
The Guardian
NPR
Associated Press
Becoming a Citizen