"The recent death of a Costa Rican man who was jailed by US immigration authorities in February before being deported in a vegetative state in September has prompted his family and supporters to speak out with allegations of negligence and inhumane treatment. Nonetheless, a spokesperson for Donald Trump's administration which has aimed to deport as many people as possible from the US since his second presidency started in January maintained"
"The statement from assistant homeland security secretary Tricia McLaughlin said that Gamboa illegally reentered the US a felony in December 2024. Citing information from Gamboa's family, the Spanish-language news outlet El Pais reported that he had embarked for the US in search of work, and the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested him in Texas in February. Gamboa, 52, initially was held at Texas's Webb county detention center before being transferred to another facility in the state in Port Isabel."
"Eventually, someone at the detention center said he had a health issue, and that's why he wasn't answering us, Gamboa's sister, Greidy Mata, told El Pais. But they didn't give us any more information. McLaughlin's statement said medical professionals diagnosed [Gamboa] with unspecified psychosis and hospitalized him at Valley Baptist Hospital so he could get proper mental health and medical care."
Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel, 52, was jailed by US immigration authorities in February and deported in a vegetative state in September. Family members and supporters allege negligence and inhumane treatment during his detention. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson defended his medical care as better than many immigrants receive. Tricia McLaughlin said Gamboa illegally reentered the United States in December 2024 and that medical professionals diagnosed unspecified psychosis and hospitalized him at Valley Baptist Hospital. ICE arrested him in Texas; he was initially held at Webb County detention center and later transferred to Port Isabel. Family contact ceased in June and resumed in August when he was found bedridden; repatriation proceedings began.
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