Overview

• Lee Stinton, 45, says an ICE officer stopped him in Key West, remarked that he “looked Mexican,” and referenced his partner as “looking Haitian” before taking him into custody.
• He reports spending about a month in the Krome Detention Center near Miami in a cell he says held over 100 men with one toilet, scarce food, limited showers, and denied medications.
• Stinton says he witnessed a detainee die after not receiving heart medication and describes being taken to a hospital where subdermal piercings were removed without his consent while he was shackled.
• He alleges delayed involvement of the British consulate, monitored and costly phone calls, and obstacles to seeing a lawyer during his detention.
• He was deported to London without onward travel arranged and returned to Northern Ireland on July 12, with media noting his ongoing therapy and part-time work in Lisburn.