Dallas man [Emiliano Andrade-Covarrubias] who died in Laredo ICE [concentration camp] was lawful permanent resident
Dallas man [Emiliano Andrade-Covarrubias] who died in Laredo ICE [concentration camp] was lawful permanent resident
Man who died in Texas ICE facility was lawful permanent resident
ICE said Emiliano Andrade-Covarrubias obtained his legal status fraudulently because he failed to disclose a 2004 arrest for theft. His daughter disputed that.
The 56-year-old Mexican man who [died Saturday while in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody](https://www.texastribune.org/2026/10/18/migrant-found-dead-ice-laredo/) was a lawful permanent resident in the country, the agency said in a statement a day after The Texas Tribune reported about his death.
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Her dad had a heart condition, she said, along with diabetes and high blood pressure. He had medicine with him when he was detained, but she said staff at the center wouldn’t “give him his medications.”
When he said he felt sick and had a cough, she said her family was especially worried because he was hospitalized for COVID-19 in 2021 and the illness took a lasting toll on his health. He sought help from the facility’s medical staff, but he told her that “they would just ignore him.”
She said her dad told her that medical staff at the center brushed off his concerns, even when he told them he was having trouble breathing and felt tightness in his chest.