Overview

• The 42-year-old was found unresponsive around 6:30 a.m. in his East Meadow cell and was pronounced dead by a Nassau police medic; the medical examiner will determine the cause.
• Sheriff Anthony LaRocco announced a thorough review while the New York attorney general conducts a preliminary assessment and the state Commission of Correction and county homicide squad examine the case.
• ICE has not disclosed why the man was held or whether agents were present, and has provided no information on the circumstances.
• It is the first known death of an ICE detainee held by Nassau since the county agreed to house up to 50 detainees for $195 per person per night, with more than 1,400 held from February through June.
• Calls for oversight escalated, with Legislator Seth Koslow seeking a legislative hearing, Rep. Laura Gillen urging an inquiry, and the New York Immigration Coalition pressing Nassau to end its ICE partnership.