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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Clarizza Potoy

'They Laughed at Him': Daughter Blames ICE After Detained Liberian Pastor Is Left Paralysed by Stroke

A North Carolina pastor's family says Gabriel Johnson suffered a stroke in ICE custody and was denied care, while DHS insists detainees receive comprehensive medical treatment (Credit: Groupuscule/Wikimedia Commons)

A Liberian pastor detained by US immigration authorities suffered a stroke in custody and is now paralysed on one side, according to his family, prompting his daughter to accuse US Immigration and Customs Enforcement of neglect and declare the agency 'fully responsible' for what happened to Gabriel Johnson.

ICE agents arrested 55-year-old Johnson during what the Department of Homeland Security described as a targeted enforcement operation on 15 July at his family's home in Cary, North Carolina, according to a DHS spokesperson cited by The Christian Post.

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