Woman deported before she could see dying husband in ICE custody: 'I never saw him again'

[marmar]

(Guardian) A Guatemalan man has become the first person to die in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Fort Bliss army base in Texas. His wife of 25 years was deported from the same camp without a chance to see her dying husband.

Francisco Gaspar-Andrés, 48, died on 3 December at a hospital in El Paso, as Democratic lawmakers and immigration advocates were ramping up demands that the camp be closed down amid allegations of inhumane conditions there. The DHS has said such allegations are “categorically false”.

ICE suspected the cause of Gaspar-Andrés’s death to be “natural liver and kidney failure”, adding that: “From the moment they were notified of his health crisis, ICE medical staff ensured he had constant, high-quality care.”

The agency issued a press release detailing a litany of escalating medical complaints over his 10 weeks in Texas and said he received care at the camp in November for “a variety of ailments” including flu-like symptoms, bleeding gums, fever, jaundice and hypertension. ......................(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/24/man-dies-ice-custody-wife-deported

[The Blue Flower]

1. I believe nothing that comes from ICE officials

Noem doesn't even use her own face. And Homan is only marginally human adjacent.

[MIButterfly]

2. I'm sure he got "constant, high-quality care."

When was "the moment they were notified of his health crisis"? As he was dying?

I don’t believe a word out of those bastards' mouths. They don't treat those people like human beings; they treat them like garbage.

You have to be a special kind of evil to work for ICE.

[wendyb-NC]

3. What a cruel tragedy.

[sakabatou]

4. Remember: cruelty is a feature, not a bug