ICE detainee who illegally re-entered US after deportation dies at Delaney Hall

Edwin Jovanny Lopez-Cornejo, a 41-year-old immigrant from El Salvador, died on August 1 at the Delaney Hall detention facility in New Jersey. Arrested by ICE agents in Plainfield on June 18 after illegally re-entering the US, he suffered an unspecified medical emergency before being pronounced dead by University Hospital. This event marks the 22nd death in ICE custody this year, prompting Gov. Sherrill to call for the closure of the Delaney Hall facility following the incident.