9th ICE detainee dies of coronavirus
Representatives from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Monday that a 56-year-old man who was in their custody died from COVID-19 in a Louisiana hospital.
Romien Jally was the ninth ICE detainee reported to die from the virus, as well as the 22nd person to die in ICE custody this fiscal year -- the highest number of deaths in ICE custody in the last 15 years.
There were only eight reported deaths of ICE detainees during the previous fiscal year, according to the agency.
Jally initially entered the U.S. lawfully on October 24, 2003, in Honolulu, Hawaii, under the Compact of Free Association as a nonimmigrant, ICE said.
He was arrested on May 1 on sex assault charges and was ordered to be deported to the Marshall Islands on Aug 4, according to ICE.
Jally was diagnosed with the virus on Aug. 25.







