Serawit Gezahegn Dejene, a 45-year-old Ethiopian national, died Jan. 29, 2025 at Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix while in ICE custody. He had entered the U.S. near Lukeville, Arizona in August 2024, was arrested by Border Patrol, and was later granted a continuance by an immigration judge to pursue asylum and withholding of removal. In December 2024 he passed out in the recreation yard at Eloy Detention Center, was hospitalized with a possible lymphoma diagnosis, and was later transferred by air ambulance to a higher level of care before being intubated and dying weeks later. ICE reported the cause of death as unknown pending further investigation.