Saturday, March 07, 2026

Haitian Asylum Seeker Dies in ICE Custody After Untreated Tooth Infection

Letter from US Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) to DHS:

  • "We are alarmed by the horrifying news that Emmanuel Damas, a Haitian asylum-seeker and member of our community, died in the custody of US ICE on 2 March 2026. ICE's failure to provide timely medical care to Mr. Damas appears to have contributed to his worsening medical condition and tragic death."
    The Late Emmanuel Damas (56), a case of "NHI" (No Humans Involved)

  • More

    A Haitian man confined at an Arizona immigration detention center for months died at a hospital Monday after a tooth infection was left untreated, the man's brother said.

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    -- WBUR (@wbur.org) Mar 5, 2026 at 6:46 PM

    Comments

    Mr. Damas complained of a bad toothache and ICE staff at the medical clinic in the Central Arizona Florence Correctional Center gave him pain killers, but didn't escort him to a dentist or send for one. He then died from the untreated raging dental infection.
    Detainees who died in ICE custody:
    Numbers Increasing

    ~snip~

    There is no "fixing" or "reforming" DHS or ICE other than scrapping them both completely and re-establishing the pre-9/11 INS so Immigration Judges (IJ) can administer legal and administrative due process for aliens, migrants, refugees.

    Note that progressives in the US want to see ICE abolished, while "corporate" or AIPAC Democrats want to see ICE reformed.

    The American police state hard at work. We are all Palestinians now.

    #1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-06 12:47 PM

    This poor guy was in ICE custody for three years (detained by ICE before Dummkopf Trumpf seized power on 20 Jan 2025).

    "Rene Lopez 'lost everything' and hopes to rebuild. He obtained US citizenship as a minor through his naturalized mother, spent years proving that was the case after the government said he wasn't a citizen."

    ABOLISH ICE AND DHS

    Source:

    www.nbcnews.com

    #2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-06 12:57 PM

    "ICE Lets Haitian Asylum Seeker Die from Tooth Infection"

    349bwz

    #3 | Posted by censored at 2026-03-06 01:14 PM

    ICE Lets Haitian Asylum Seeker Die

    This is what I voted for.
    --Boaz

    #4 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-06 01:27 PM

    Sounds about white.

    #5 | Posted by fresno500 at 2026-03-06 01:27 PM

    Emmanuel Damas looked like a nice guy too.

    #6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-06 02:09 PM

    The cruelty is the point.

    Everyone in the chain of custody of him should be charged with negligent homicide.

    #7 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-03-06 03:23 PM

    Glad Bo@ss the gutless fake Army Oreo Cracker is gone. ---- that ------.

    #8 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-06 11:00 PM

    Not treating sick detainees,until they Die is Obscene cruelty and deliberate.

    ICE has No Place in America. It is a Totalitarian Ethos they are espousing.

    Much like Hegseth changing the rules of engagement to make War Crimes inevitable.

    Trump and his Minions All belong in Prison.

    I'm ashamed of the way this country is being driven into the Ground by these Miscreants.

    #9 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-03-07 10:57 AM

    Putin is a war criminal, --------

    #10 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-07 03:11 PM

    Denial of medical care is a violation of the Eighth Amendment.

    As I'm sure JeffJ has already pointed out.

    #11 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-07 08:45 PM

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