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October 18, 2019

Cuban Asylum Seeker Dies in Solitary Confinement in Louisiana
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In Louisiana, a Cuban asylum seeker has died of apparent suicide while
being held in solitary confinement at an ICE detention center. The ACLU
of Louisiana condemned the death of Roylán Hernández-Díaz, saying, "We
will not stand by while ICE tortures people who are exercising their
right to seek asylum in the United States." Meanwhile, the group Freedom
for Immigrants is reporting two Cuban asylum seekers detained in New
Mexico recently slit their wrists, and at least 19 others are planning
on doing so in an act of mass resistance.


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