Cuban Man Dies in US Immigration Custody

Expand Undated photograph of Richwood Correctional Center, Louisiana, United States. © LaSalle Corrections A second death this month in United States immigration custody raises disturbing questions about a system we know has failed to protect asylum seekers and other immigrants in its care over and over again. On Tuesday, Roylan Hernandez Diaz, a 43-year-old Cuban man, died in a detention center in Richwood, Louisiana, according to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and multiple news sources. His death came just nine days after the death of Nabene Abienwi, an asylum seeker from…

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