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Unidentified witness says a relative died in county jail, urges dismantling of immigrant detention policies
Summary
An unidentified witness testified that a family member died after jail staff ignored a medical emergency, accused officials of intimidation and evidence-tampering, and called for immediate defunding and dismantling of the immigrant detention system, citing Department of Justice oversight of the local jail and claimed federal funding levels.
An unidentified witness told an Oversight Committee Democrats hearing that a family member suffered a medical emergency while in a county jail and that staff "watched him and laughed as he died," and called for the dismantling and defunding of the immigrant detention system.
The witness, speaking at the start of their testimony, said the death led to a wrongful-death settlement and that the Department of Justice was later brought in to provide oversight of the county jail. "They watched him and laughed as he died," the witness said, describing the account as part of a broader pattern of alleged mistreatment…
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