ID:

404

Date:

2009-04-02

Headline:

Immigrant Detainee Dies, and a Life Is Buried, Too

Reporter's name:

Nina Bernstein

Delay/denial:

No

Lawsuit:

No

Fees:

No

Media outlet:

The New York Times

City:

New York, NY

Summary:

The New York Times used FOIA to obtain an email message from within Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acknowledging that the agency had left Ahmad Tanveer, a Pakistani New Yorker, off of its list of people who had died in immigration detention. Immigration authorities had claimed they could find no documents showing either his detention or his death in custody.

Keywords:

ICE, DHS, immigration, detention, death

URL:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/03/nyregion/03detain.html

Agencies:

DHS
ICE

States:

NJ
NY

Categories:

immigration