Overview Lee Stinton, 45, says an ICE officer stopped him in Key West, remarked that he “looked Mexican,” and referenced his partner as “looking Haitian” before taking him into custody. He reports spending about a month in the Krome Detention Center near Miami in a cell he says held over 100 men with one toilet, scarce food, limited showers, and denied medications. Stinton says he witnessed a detainee die after not receiving heart medication and describes being taken to a hospital where subdermal piercings were removed without his consent while he was shackled. He alleges delayed involvement of the British consulate, monitored and costly phone calls, and obstacles to seeing a lawyer during his detention. He was deported to London without onward travel arranged and returned to Northern Ireland on July 12, with media noting his ongoing therapy and part-time work in Lisburn.