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Gillian Brockell
@gillianbrockell.com

This is at least the fourth person with diabetes to die in ICE custody just this year. Many more have been hospitalized and/or reported starving themselves so they wouldn’t die after being denied care. Is anyone aware of any litigation specific to immigrants with diabetes?

Robert Downen@robertdownen.bsky.social

A 56-year-old Mexican man held at a federal immigration facility in Laredo was found dead in his cell Saturday morning. His family says the center would not give him medicine for diabetes, high blood pressure and a heart condition. He is the 7th person to die in ICE custody in Texas this year.

texastribune.orgMigrant found dead at Laredo Processing Center run by ICEThe death was confirmed by U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, who said the 56-year-old Mexican national was found unresponsive in his cell. He’s the seventh person to die while detained by ICE this year.

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epbs.bsky.social
@epbs.bsky.social

a young blonde woman (Hanne?) married to an American citizen going through the green card process was detained by ICE and as a congenital ( severe ) diabetic Type 1 (where if it's not tended to one lapses into diabetic coma and dies), . . . had been denied care as she reported to the UK's Guardian

epbs.bsky.social
@epbs.bsky.social

Scandinavian , . . . now remembering 🤔 as Norwegian like the famed footballer ⚽ from Manchester City ( at least until Man City , . . . oh , never mind ) There's a male tennis player who won the US Open🎾 that can also point to what happens when diabetes isn't treated --

Gillian Brockell
@gillianbrockell.com

Yup I posted about her story at the time bsky.app/profile/gill...

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com

This story is insane. Married an American, arrested at her greencard interview, flown out of state, nearly killed multiple times when her diabetes was ignored and then mistreated. When she finally got out? Found out her credit card had been used illegally. www.daylightsandiego.org/san-diego-wo...

daylightsandiego.orgSan Diego woman says her credit card information was stolen while she was in ICE custodyHanne Engan, whom ICE arrested at her green card appointment, said her diabetes quickly escalated while at Otay Mesa Detention Center due to medical negligence. Written by Kate Morrissey, Edited...
Anna
@anna748.bsky.social

We had a college professor released to our shelter. His insulin pump was taken away. The detention center gave him only enough insulin to keep his blood sugar below 500. He told medical he could go into a coma; their response "when you do we will call an ambulance". He didn't eat for 3 wks.

gainesm.bsky.social
@gainesm.bsky.social

I’m a Type 2 diabetic who is able to manage without having to take insulin, so far, and it’s this kind of insanity that drives me to keep it that way for as long as I possibly can.

Gillian Brockell
@gillianbrockell.com

This is industrialized torture. bsky.app/profile/anna...

Anna@anna748.bsky.social

We had a college professor released to our shelter. His insulin pump was taken away. The detention center gave him only enough insulin to keep his blood sugar below 500. He told medical he could go into a coma; their response "when you do we will call an ambulance". He didn't eat for 3 wks.