Albuquerque, May 3 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of New Mexico, protesters rallied Thursday to demand justice for Nhơn Ngọc Nguyễn, a 58-year-old Vietnamese refugee with dementia who was abducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and died in its custody last month. 

He was jailed after his annual check-in in February; his family was unable to locate him for weeks after he disappeared.  They say he died from medical neglect, alone and unaware of his whereabouts.

In other news, in Florida, another ICE detainee, a 44-year-old Haitian woman, died last week after spending over two months in an immigration jail. 

Florida Congressmember Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, the only Haitian American in Congress, called for an investigation into the death of Marie Ange Blaise from the House floor on Wednesday.

Cherfilus-McCormick said: “Marie had been complaining about chest pain for hours.  They gave her some pills and told her to go lie down.  Unfortunately, Marie never woke up. Her loved ones deserve answers.  They deserve accountability, like so many immigrant families who have their loved ones missing and who are hurt.  These conditions at the ICE facilities are inhumane.”

[ SOURCE: DEMOCRACY NOW ]