Ronal Francisco Romero Died in Agony in ICE Custody. Now His Family Is Preparing to Sue.
The mother of a man who died in agony in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody is preparing to sue the United States government for his death.
According to previously unreported court documents reviewed by The Daily Beast, the mother of an undocumented immigrant who died of bacterial meningitis is preparing for civil action related to his death. On June 4, Honduran native Martina Blasina Romero petitioned a federal judge in the Southern District of Texas to authorize depositions of the people who were held with her son, Ronal Francisco Romero, and know about the health collapse he experienced in his last days.
Border Patrol agents arrested her son on May 9, 2018, when he tried to enter the United States illegally. They held him at a Customs and Border Protection detention facility for about six days before turning him over to ICE custody. At about 2:30 a.m. on May 16, the authorities sent him to a local hospital. Less than 24 hours later, he was pronounced dead.
Katie Shepherd of the American Immigration Council said health care in CBP facilities—where Romero first got sick—is severely lacking.
“The access to medical care in the CBP holding facilities is virtually nonexistent,” she said.
At least 27 people have died in ICE custody since 2015, according to the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
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