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April 29 (Reuters) - A Haitian woman died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Florida last week, the agency said on Tuesday. The death of Marie Ange Blaise, 44, who was pronounced dead by medical professionals at the Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach, Florida, on Friday, is under investigation, according to ICE. The Reuters Tariff Watch newsletter is your daily guide to the latest global trade and tariff news. Sign up here. ICE said it has notified the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other agencies of Blaise's death. It said it also provided email notification to the Haitian Consulate in Miami.
Blaise, who entered the United States at an unknown date and place, encountered U.S. Customs and Border Protection while attempting to board a flight to North Carolina from the U.S. Virgin Islands in February, according to ICE. CBP later issued a notice of expedited removal for Blaise, ICE said. It added that she was transferred to its custody from CBP at a staging facility in Puerto Rico. Blaise was detained at a correctional facility in Louisiana before ultimately being transferred to Florida, where she died, according to the immigration agency. The Broward Transitional Center where Blaise was pronounced dead is operated by Geo Group Inc (GEO.N), opens new tab under a contract awarded by ICE. Geo's website describes it as a "transitional center for short-term non-criminal and low security detainees."
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People die all the time.
I’m sure the Democrats can find a judge to demand that President Trump revive her and turn her loose.
While massive deportations are needed, saying people die all the time is a bad argument.
The left says, concerning illegals beating up Americans in the US, that this happens all the time in the US, with or without the illegals being in the US.
With that said, should the criminal illegals be in the US? No.
Would there be less of that if they weren’t here?
Obviously yes, because no study has ever declared that some Americans will suddenly beat up other Americans at a greater rate if there are fewer illegals.
With that said, even though here illegally, an investigation will have to be done to see how their deaths came about in the detention facilities and let’s hope the facilities weren’t over-packed or substandard.
How healthy was she before?
Was she trying to hide any illegal drugs on her person, maybe tried to swallow them all down quickly?
So what?
Cause of death?
Blah, blah, blah, de-friggity blah.
Useless journalist
??? So she illegally entered the USA who knows when
Then was able to fly to the Virgin Islands but got caught trying to fly from the VI back to N C
So Ice flew her to Lousiana and then to Florida?
Too bad we couldn’t have give her “due process “ in VI and flown her back to her own country
“Should have done more” demogoguery in 3,2.1...
Anytime you deal with a large enough population of people for whatever reason, someone in that group will die from some freak thing (or not).
It happens.
Dem operative on the phone: “Here’s some good news. I think we found our George Floyd. Get some protesters paid and I’ll fill you in on the propaganda details. This is gonna be good.”
Choked on a cat bone?
Withdrawal from her drug of choice?
So what? Many probably die in those illegal occupied luxury hotels.
Dumping them back over the border isn’t even substandard. It was just fine when invading or country illegally.
Why, is she a zombie?
We all knew these stories would be coming. I was expecting a flood of them 24/7.
Heart attack?
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