ICE detainee Jose Chajon-Raxon dies after medical emergency at Delaney Hall in New Jersey, administration says

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee Jose Chajon-Raxon died after experiencing what the Trump administration described as “seizure-like activity” while being held at Delaney Hall, an ICE immigration detention facility in New Jersey, and later died after being hospitalized, The Guardian reported Tuesday.

The report says Chajon-Raxon was a Guatemalan national detained by ICE at the Newark-area facility and suffered a medical emergency during detention. After the incident, he was hospitalized, where he later died, according to the Trump administration as characterized by the publication.

The Guardian said Chajon-Raxon is now the third immigrant to die after being held at Delaney Hall. The report does not detail the circumstances of the two earlier deaths, and it does not identify whether any investigations were initiated or completed as of Tuesday.

The reporting describes an incident timeline that began inside the detention center, moved to hospital care, and ended with the detainee’s death. It also attributes the “seizure-like activity” description to the Trump administration, but it does not provide additional clinical details, such as diagnosis, treatments administered, or whether any delays occurred, beyond the sequence of events.

The death occurred against the backdrop of ongoing scrutiny of immigration detention conditions and medical care for people held by ICE. In practice, deaths in custody can trigger internal reviews and external oversight requests, but the Tuesday report does not indicate any specific action already taken in this case, such as a pending review, a lawsuit, or a court filing.

While ICE detention is an enforcement tool used to hold individuals during immigration proceedings, deaths in custody also raise due-process and public-safety questions that typically center on timely medical response, recordkeeping, and detainee access to care. The Guardian report does not provide information about those topics beyond the described emergency and hospitalization.

The next steps in the case, as reflected by the reporting, would depend on what records ICE and any contracted medical providers maintain for the event and whether federal oversight mechanisms are engaged. As of publication, the report itself is the only detailed record provided in the discovery packet, so further confirmation from official ICE or Department of Homeland Security documentation may be necessary to complete the factual picture.