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Families Deserve to Know Act Introduced | Albany News
Two Congressmen are pushing groundbreaking legislation to ensure families get immediate notification if a loved one dies or suffers a serious illness in ICE custody—following the heartbreaking case of Edwin Cornejo, a father who died after 6 weeks in detention. The Families Deserve to Know Act would mandate emergency contact records and 12-hour alerts, challenging ICE’s vague “to the extent possible” policy. With three deaths already linked to Newark’s Delaney Hall since reopening, this bill seeks urgent transparency and accountability, giving grieving families the closure they desperately…
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