Overview
- ICE said staff found Lorth Sim unresponsive in his cell Monday and he was pronounced dead at 7:10 a.m.
- The agency reported that the cause of death remains under investigation.
- ICE detailed his background, noting he entered the U.S. as a refugee in 1983, became a lawful permanent resident in 1986, had prior arrests, and was ordered removed to Cambodia in 2006.
- According to ICE, officers arrested Sim at an ICE office lobby in Boston on Dec. 30, transferred him to ICE Chicago on Jan. 5, and later moved him to the Miami facility.
- Rep. Andre Carson and Delaney called for a full, transparent inquiry and assurances about detainee care, and the facility operates under a two-year DHS–Indiana deal providing roughly 1,000 ICE beds.