Advocates protest outside the facility where Meza Espinoza was held

An undocumented man who may have been mistakenly arrested by federal immigration agents is the tenth immigrant to die while under ICE custody this fiscal year.

Rolando Meza Espinoza was arrested at work at the end of March and had been under federal custody since. On June 8, Meza Espinoza—who suffered from anemia, cirrhosis of the liver, and diabetes—was hospitalized due to "gastrointestinal bleeding,” according to an ICE statement. When Meza Espinoza died in intensive care two days later, ICE never bothered to inform the family, instead letting them find out on their own when they called to check in on him the next day.

During a rally protesting the treatment of detainees, Meza Espinoza’s advocates called for justice:

The Rev. Eugene P. Squeo, pastor at St. Patrick and Assumption All Saints in Jersey City, called for an end to the "cruelty of the detainment and deportation system." "What care was provided" for Meza Espinoza, Squeo asked today. "What care was denied? Why does ICE not treat people with dignity?"

Making this immigrant man’s death even more senseless is that ICE allegedly misidentified their target, claims attorney Manuel Portela.