Nigerian man deported after ICE withholds medications following head injury
Apr 2025·Location: Batavia, NY
Country of origin: Nigeria

Tim, a Nigerian man, was transferred to the Batavia ICE detention facility in April 2025 after suffering a major concussion from a fall while finishing a federal prison sentence. He was discharged from a Massachusetts hospital with nine prescribed medications and orders for inpatient physical therapy. At Batavia, he went at least a month without medication and received only one physical therapy session before being deported in summer 2025. He now requires a walker and reports severe mental health issues and insomnia.
Sources
- New York’s Largest ICE Prison Dogged by Allegations of Shoddy Medical Care
The Intercept·Nov 6, 2025·archived copy
- The Intercept: New York’s Largest ICE Prison Dogged by Allegations of Shoddy Medical Care - Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center
- Detainees allege shoddy medical care at ICE Batavia
centralcurrent.org·Nov 9, 2025·archived copy
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