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Immigration

Oct. 3, 2007

L.A. Death in Detention Spotlights Plight of AIDS Patients

LOS ANGELES - It was a mother's worst nightmare. Her son Victor had died of AIDS in a federal immigration detention center after authorities there reportedly denied him medication he needed to stay alive.

By Sandra Hernandez
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - It was a mother's worst nightmare.
      Her son Victor had died of AIDS in a federal immigration detention center after authorities there reportedly denied him medication he needed to stay alive.
      A few weeks after he died, a crowd carrying candles and protest signs saying "No More Deaths...

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