美国国土安全部（DHS）因未公开披露一名危地马拉籍男子José Chajon-Raxon在新泽西州拘留期间的死亡而陷入风波[1]。该男子于7月19日在Delaney Hall拘留中心发作癫痫，入所仅一天后便被送入医院[1]。DHS声称未披露此事是因为该男子被转入医院后已不再处于移民及海关执法局（ICE）的监管范围[1]。
DHS解释称，根据ICE政策，"当个人不再处于ICE监管下时，ICE将不再负责监测或审查可能发生的死亡事件"[1]。这一声明反映了该机构今年早些时候实施的政策变化——ICE不再报告被释放后30天内发生的死亡事件[1]。该新政策推翻了拜登政府2021年制定的规定[1]。众议员Rob Menendez批评这一政策制造了"漏洞"[1]。Chajon-Raxon的死亡事实由Menendez上周披露，此前另一名被拘留者在8月初去世[1]。
The Department of Homeland Security faced scrutiny over its nondisclosure of the death of José Chajon-Raxon, a Guatemalan man who died while in custody at Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey [1]. Chajon-Raxon suffered a seizure on July 19, just one day after entering the facility [1]. DHS defended its failure to report the death, stating that once Chajon-Raxon was transferred to a hospital, he was no longer under Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody and thus no longer subject to agency monitoring or death reporting requirements [1].
The agency's position reflects a significant policy shift implemented earlier this year, in which ICE ceased reporting deaths occurring within 30 days of a detainee's release [1]. This policy reversal overturned a directive established by the Biden administration in 2021 [1]. Representative Rob Menendez characterized the new policy as creating a "loophole" in oversight [1]. Chajon-Raxon's death came to light only after Menendez disclosed it publicly last week, occurring shortly after another detainee's death in early August [1].