A report from The New York Times explained that Lopez-Cornejo, 41, was a Salvadoran immigrant being held at Delaney Hall who was arrested and detained June 18 in Plainfield, New Jersey. Lopez-Cornejo’s death marks the second in-custody fatality at Delaney Hall within the last eight months. Haddy Gassama, senior policy counsel at the ACLU, asserted that “[t]he hunger strike at Delaney Hall is not an isolated action. It is a response to longstanding, systematic abuse in immigration detention, and it joins many other similar actions across the country.” “This tragedy is another painful reminder of why Delaney Hall should be closed.”