A Salvadoran man held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma says he suffered a stroke just as officials were preparing to deport him to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison, and his family fears he could be put on a plane before he has fully recovered.
Relatives say he was taken to St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma, where he remains under guard. They report being shut out of full medical updates and worry that he might be discharged directly into ICE custody, then removed from the country while still in fragile condition.
The account was first reported by Capital & Main, which reviewed court filings showing that the Ninth Circuit had previously blocked his removal while appeals were pending but declined to grant renewed emergency requests to stop his deportation at the end of April. His attorneys say shifting conditions in El Salvador lie at the heart of their efforts to keep him in the United States…