The application of immigration and customs said Tuesday that a DACA and former Mexican receiver had died in his custody after being transferred to a local hospital in Victorville.
Ismael Ayala-Uibe, 39 was declared on Sunday dead at the Global Medical Center of Victor Valley, according to an ice statement.
Ayala-Uibe is now the 14th detainee to die in immigration detention since January, when federal immigration officials began to carry out the mass deportation agenda of President Trump.
The news of his death occurs on the day when two Democratic senators of Georgia sent a letter to the National Secretary of National Security Kristi Noem and Todd Lyons, the interim director of immigration and customs control of the United States, which raised concerns about the increase in the number of deaths in ice custody, in particular two that occurred at the Stewart detention center in Georgia. NPR was the first to inform about the letter.
In July, Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) published the findings of an investigation into alleged human rights violations that have occurred in immigration detention centers, including dozens of physical and sexual abuse reports, and the abuse of pregnant women and children. DHS rejected the senator's accusations in a statement.
In California, the Advance Detention Center, one of the largest in the State, has long been the focus of detainees, state and federal lawyers and inspectors on inadequate medical care, too restrictive segregation and lax mental health services.
In June, critics, including some staff members inside, told the Times that the conditions within the detention center were insecure and unhealthy. The installation, they said, was not prepared to handle the large waves of detainees that pour into the center.
That month, the American representative Judy Chu (D-Monterey Park) toured the detention center with four other Democratic members of the California Congress in the middle of the concern for the growing number of detainees and the deteriorated conditions inside.
The installation manager “has to clearly improve their treatment of these detainees,” Chu said at a press conference after inspecting the installation.
Some of the detainees told the legislators who were retained within advance for 10 days without a change of clothing, underwear or towels, Chu said. Others said they had denied access to a phone to talk with loved ones and lawyers, even after repeatedly completing forms.
A DHS spokesman could not be contacted immediately to comment on Sunday's death. But the agency said in its statement about Ayala-Uibe that immigration agencies such as ice and customs and border protection are committed to guaranteeing the safety of people who are under their custody.
“Integral medical care is provided from the moment people arrive and throughout their stay,” said the agency's statement. “All people in ice custody receive medical, dental and mental health examination within 12 hours after the arrival of each detention center, a complete health assessment within 14 days after the entrance of ice custody or arrival at a center, access to medical appointments and emergency care of 24 hours. At no time during the arrest it is an illegal attending to a foreigner arrested for a foreigner arrested.
According to the agency's statement, Ayala-Uibe, a Mexican citizen, was arrested at a processing center in advance, where he had been seen by a medical supplier on duty, which prescribed medications, although immigration officials did not say why.
But three days later, Ayala-Uibe was sent to the Global Medical Center of Victor Valley to further evaluate an “abscess in his buttock” and was scheduled to undergo surgery for it, according to the statement.
“Ayala was also hypertensive and showed abnormal tachycardia,” immigration officials wrote in the statement. “At 1:48 am the [medical center] Ayala declared that they did not respond and began measures of salvation of life. He was declared deceased at 2:32 am by medical staff. “
According to ICE, Ayala-Uibe entered the United States on an unknown date and location. He requested and received, the deferred action for the protection of children's arrivals in 2012. He was sentenced to three years of probation after being convicted of driving under the influence in 2015, the agency said.
In 2016, American citizenship and immigration services denied their application to renew their state of Daca. He was convicted of his second DUI in June 2019 and sentenced to 120 days in jail, plus five years of probation, according to Ice.
Ayala-Uibe was arrested by customs and border protection of the United States on August 17 and transferred to advance on August 22.
Immigration officials said that the cause of death is still under investigation. The 2018 National Security Assignments Law requires that ICE make public reports on any death in custody within 90 days.
ICE officials said they make official notifications to Congress, the interested parties of the non -governmental organization and the media about the death of a detainee and publish a press release with relevant details on their website within two business days according to the agency's policy.
Ayala-Uibe's family has organized a fundraising, selling tamales, carnitas and Pozole on Saturday, to raise money for funeral.
The Times staff writer, Nathan Solis, contributed to this report.
