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July 13, 2018

Mexican Immigrant Efrain De La Rosa Dies by Suicide in Stewart Detention Center
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The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, known as ICE, says a
Mexican immigrant named Efrain De La Rosa has died by suicide while
detained in Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia. The for-profit
detention center is owned and operated by Core Civic, formerly known as
Corrections Corporation of America. De La Rosa is at least the eighth
person to die in ICE custody so far this year.


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