Hiu Lui Ng

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Hiu Lui "Jason" Ng (吳曉雷; b. ca. 1975, d. August 5/6, 2008) was a New Yorker seized at his final

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after symptoms of liver cancer were ignored. Being held at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Rhode Island, Ng was awaiting deportation for having overstayed an earlier visa.[2] The events leading up to his death were condemned by the editorial page of The New York Times and other persons and organizations. An exposé by The Washington Post
highlighted Ng's case and identified tens of questionable deaths of ICE detainees between 2003 and 2008. These circumstances prompted the attempted introduction of federal legislation to ensure timely and effective medical care for immigration detainees.

History

Ng came to

green card interview on July 19, 2007 on the old deportation order.[4]

While in

better source needed] which was declined by a judge, but nevertheless directed that Ng receive the medical treatment.[citation needed] When he finally saw a doctor, the diagnosis was terminal cancer and a broken spine. He died five days later.[3] The State Medical Examiners office later declared that he died due to complications of metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer).[6]

Aftermath

Ng's lawyers demanded a criminal investigation in a letter to federal and state prosecutors in Rhode Island,

Department of Homeland Security.[2]

The editors of

visa, and getting lost in a sprawling system that some have likened to the gulag."[3]

Prompted by the death, Congressman

ICE, in a letter dated August 13, 2008: "there is a certain standard we should live up to for everyone we have detained and it is outrageous that anyone would be treated in such a fashion while in your custody."[7] Members of Rhode Island's congressional delegation requested a Homeland Security investigation into the death.[8][verification needed
]

In response to a Washington Post article that highlighted the case of Ng and identified 30 questionable deaths among 83 detainee deaths in ICE agency custody through March 2008 (beginning in March 2003 when the agency was created), Representative

Robert Menendez (D-NJ) introduced the bill (S. 3005) in the Senate.[citation needed] Both bills requires "the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish procedures for the timely and effective delivery of medical and mental health care to all immigration detainees in custody"; the bills did not survive past committee.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ WN Staff (2010-06-15). "吳曉雷獄中病死 有權告政府 [Wu Xiaolei Died in Prison, Has the Right to Sue the Government]". World Journal (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  2. ^ a b c d e Nina Bernstein (2008-08-13). "Ill and in Pain, Detainee Dies in U.S. Hands". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  3. ^ a b c Opinions Staff (2008-08-17). "Mr. Ng's Death". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  4. ^ "Rhode Island ACLU Files Lawsuit On Behalf Of Family Of Wyatt Center Detainee Who Died In Custody". American Civil Liberties Union. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  5. ^ Justin Miller (2010-08-15). "Problems Persist at Privately-Operated Rhode Island Jail". Prison Legal News (August): 30. Archived from the original on 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  6. Pawtucket Times. Retrieved July 1, 2019.[dead link
    ]
  7. ^ Albor Ruiz [Opinions] (2008-08-15). "Immigration and Customs Enforcement Cannot Dehumanize Immigrants". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  8. ^ Karen Lee Ziner (2008-08-16). "R.I. Lawmakers Seek Federal Probe Into Death". The Providence Journal. Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2017-01-15.[verification needed]
  9. ^ 110th Congress (2008-05-01). "H.R. 5950: Detainee Basic Medical Care Act of 2008 [not enacted]". Legislation. GovTrack.us. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved January 15, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ 110th Congress (2008-05-12). "S. 3005: Detainee Basic Medical Care Act of 2008 [not enacted]". Legislation. GovTrack.us. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2017-01-16. Retrieved January 15, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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