AOTR Elevates Tien Xuan Phan

Authors of The Resistance is elevating the heartbreaking story of Tien Xuan Phan, a 55-year-old Vietnamese national who died in ICE custody on July 19 after being detained at the Karnes County Immigration Processing Center in Texas.

Tien was experiencing seizures, vomiting, and unresponsiveness before being rushed to two hospitals—but it was too late. He was pronounced dead at 5:48 p.m. The full cause of death remains “under investigation,” but what’s not under investigation is why he was imprisoned in the first place.

Tien had lived in the U.S. for years. Though he had a past removal order, his death is a direct result of medical neglect, carceral cruelty, and a system that treats immigrants—especially Asian and Southeast Asian immigrants—as disposable.

This is not about law and order. This is about death in detention. It is about the racialized violence of ICE, the continued abuse inside immigration prisons, and the silence that follows when someone dies behind those walls.

Tien’s life mattered. His death must not go ignored.

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#EndKarnesNow
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#ImmigrantsDeserveCare
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