Canadian dies whereas in ICE custody in Florida, U.S. company says

[ad_1] A Canadian citizen died whereas in custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this week, the company says.

Johnny Noviello, 49, died in a detention centre in Florida on Monday, an ICE information launch says.

The reason for dying is unknown and is beneath investigation, in accordance with the discharge.

Regardless of having Canadian citizenship, Noviello had been within the U.S. since 1988 and have become a lawful everlasting resident in 1991, the discharge says.

In 2023, he was convicted of quite a lot of offences — together with racketeering and drug trafficking — and had been sentenced to 12 months in jail.

ICE brokers arrested Noviello in Could and he was being detained "pending removing proceedings," the company's information launch mentioned.

The information launch mentioned the Canadian consulate had been notified. CBC Information has reached out to International Affairs Canada for remark.

Noviello's dying comes as ICE brokers have been making sweeping arrests throughout the US.

Earlier this yr, U.S. President Donald Trump issued a raft of government orders that purpose to clamp down on unlawful immigration and advance his purpose of deporting tens of millions of immigrants within the U.S. illegally.

Stephen Miller, White Home deputy chief of workers and the principle architect of Trump's immigration insurance policies, has pushed ICE to purpose for at the very least 3,000 arrests a day, up from about 650 a day throughout the first 5 months of Trump's second time period.

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Canadian actress Jasmine Mooney tells CBC Information about her 11-day ordeal in ICE detention after attempting to enter the U.S. to resume her work visa. Mooney describes what she noticed as ‘disgusting,’ saying of her detention cell: ‘That place breaks you.’ Trump himself has referred to as on ICE officers "to do all of their energy to attain the essential purpose of delivering the one largest mass deportation program in historical past."

The immigration crackdown sparked large protests in Los Angeles earlier this month. Trump responded to the demonstrations by ordering troops into the town, drawing the ire of California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Noviello is not the one Canadian to have been arrested within the U.S. for the reason that ICE sweeps started.

Jasmine Mooney from B.C. was arrested and held for almost two weeks after attempting to get a piece visa renewed. She was launched and returned to Canada in mid-March.