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US deports Guatemalan man who complained of gangrene infection
Source: The Guardian
US deports Guatemalan man who complained of gangrene infection
Renée Feltz
Thursday 4 February 2016 16.57 GMT
A Guatemalan man who says he contracted a horrific gangrene infection to his groin while held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody has been deported, even as a spokesperson confirmed his case “is under review”.
“Right now my dad is stuck at a stranger’s house who got deported with him,” said Raul Rosa, son of 55-year-old Ángel Rosa. “He had one shirt, one pair of pants, a pair of shoes and no money in his pocket.” He worried that his father has no medicine with him, and fears the deportation could be a death sentence if his health deteriorates.
ICE said Rosa’s flight left Phoenix international airport for Guatemala City about 6am on Wednesday.
His legal advocates said the move raises skepticism about whether immigrants have a fair opportunity or ability to seek an investigation or accountability for injuries they suffer in detention.
After pleading guilty to illegal re-entry to the US in 2013, Rosa was held at the ICE-contracted Utah County jail. In late 2014, he says the toilet in his cell overflowed and when guards refused to let him shower, his scrotum became infected and was left untreated. He underwent surgery after it caused his rectum to swell shut and the infection spread to his intestines. A letter from his doctor to ICE says he suffers from ongoing flare-ups.
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Renée Feltz
Thursday 4 February 2016 16.57 GMT
A Guatemalan man who says he contracted a horrific gangrene infection to his groin while held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody has been deported, even as a spokesperson confirmed his case “is under review”.
“Right now my dad is stuck at a stranger’s house who got deported with him,” said Raul Rosa, son of 55-year-old Ángel Rosa. “He had one shirt, one pair of pants, a pair of shoes and no money in his pocket.” He worried that his father has no medicine with him, and fears the deportation could be a death sentence if his health deteriorates.
ICE said Rosa’s flight left Phoenix international airport for Guatemala City about 6am on Wednesday.
His legal advocates said the move raises skepticism about whether immigrants have a fair opportunity or ability to seek an investigation or accountability for injuries they suffer in detention.
After pleading guilty to illegal re-entry to the US in 2013, Rosa was held at the ICE-contracted Utah County jail. In late 2014, he says the toilet in his cell overflowed and when guards refused to let him shower, his scrotum became infected and was left untreated. He underwent surgery after it caused his rectum to swell shut and the infection spread to his intestines. A letter from his doctor to ICE says he suffers from ongoing flare-ups.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/04/guatemalan-man-deported-gangrene-immigration
