INB 8/16/08: Detainee Dies in Rhode Island; Boston Raids Protested

Immigration News Briefs
Vol. 11, No. 19 - August 16, 2008

1. Detainee Dies in Rhode Island
2. Activists Protest Boston Area Raids
3. Workers Arrested at DC Airport
4. NC Parachute Company Raided
5. "Gang" Raids in Florida
6. "Fugitive" Raids in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Tennessee, Nevada
7. Al-Arian Trial Postponed

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*1. DETAINEE DIES IN RHODE ISLAND

Hiu Lui Ng died in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a Rhode Island hospital on Aug. 6, two days after his 34th birthday, from terminal cancer which had gone untreated for months.

Ng had come to the US from Hong Kong at age 17 and had overstayed a student visa. In 2001, a notice ordering him to appear in immigration court was mistakenly sent to a nonexistent address, records show. Because Ng did not show up at the hearing, an immigration judge ordered him deported. Ng remained in the US, married a US citizen and had two US-born sons. He was detained on July 19, 2007, when he and his wife showed up at the immigration office for his green card interview. Since then he had been detained at a number of jails and detention centers in three New England states.

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