SAN DIEGO, CA – The California-based Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA) is demanding justice and accountability in the death of a Haitian woman in the custody of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.
HBA’s executive director, Guerline Jozef, told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that she is “devastated and outraged by the tragic death” of Marie Ange Blaise, 44, who died on April 25 while in the custody of ICE at the Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach, Florida.
Jozef said Blaise had been detained for over 10 weeks after being apprehended in the US Virgin Islands, during which she “reportedly endured inhumane conditions and was denied adequate medical attention”.
Jozef said others detained by ICE also alleged that they were “kept handcuffed and shackled on a bus for several hours without access to a bathroom, confined in overcrowded cells, and denied basic necessities and medical care both en route to and within the Krome North Processing Center in Miami”…