Johnny Noviello, a Canadian citizen who became a U.S. permanent resident in 1991, died Monday at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Miami while waiting for "removal proceedings." Canada is now "urgently seeking more information" about his death.
Noviello was found unresponsive on Monday at around 1 p.m. at the Bureau of Prisons Federal Detention Center in Miami, according to an ICE statement. Medical staff then proceeded to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation, automated external defibrillator shock and called 911. Noviello was pronounced dead by the Miami Rescue Department at 1:36 p.m., the agency said.
