64 days after man died at Michigan ICE facility, lawmakers say ‘still no answers’

Democratic U.S. Reps. Hillary Scholten and Haley Stevens conducted an oversight visit of the North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin on Tuesday, Feb. 17, after their letter demanding a “thorough and transparent investigation” into the death of Nenko Gantchev was ignored by the federal government.

“We are here today with still no answers about what happened to Mr. Gantchev, why he died here at this ICE processing facility in Baldwin, and we are going to continue to keep asking,” Stevens said.

“I hope that we can get a full picture of the care and the treatment that he was receiving here and what biological causes or other factors contributed to his death,” she said.

“That is what I am looking into for so many other Michiganders who are frankly astonished and frustrated and heartbroken that these detainments are going on without answers and with medical situations that are unfolding,” Stevens said.