A Canadian man who contracted the coronavirus while in the custody of U.S. immigration authorities has died, leaving his family shaken and looking for answers from governments on both sides of the border. Hill, a former Louisiana doctor, had been in ICE custody for three months after serving more than 13 years in prison for health-care fraud and distributing a controlled substance. A sign for the town of Farmville is posted near the entrance to the road that leads to the ICE detention facility in Virginia. Hill's daughter says her father had been concerned about contracting the coronavirus at the detention centre. Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, a Toronto Liberal MP whose office was contacted by Hill's family on July 15, said he is not sure whether anyone else in the Canadian government was aware of Hill's situation.

Source: CBC News August 08, 2020 00:16 UTC