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A man from El Salvador has died at an immigration jail in New Jersey<\/a> that has been the target of months of protests over living conditions for people detained there, federal officials said Monday.<\/p>\n Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, 41, had been held at Delaney Hall in Newark after being arrested June 18, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Lopez-Cornejo, whom the government accused of entering the U.S. illegally, died Saturday, the agency said. His official cause of death will be released following further medical examination, according to ICE. <\/p>\n Democratic politicians and civil rights groups in New Jersey questioned whether the death was preventable, saying they had little confidence people detained at the 1000-bed facility were receiving proper care.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is not the first death of a detainee at Delaney Hall, and absent decisive action, it will not be the last,\u201d Democratic U.S. Sen. Cory Booker said in a statement. \u201cI have visited the facility myself and witnessed these conditions firsthand, so I say this plainly: Delaney Hall must be closed immediately and permanently.\u201d<\/p>\n ICE said Lopez-Cornejo \u201creceived proper medical care and was seen by medical professionals” while he was in custody.<\/p>\n The death is the second at Delaney Hall since the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term, according to tracking by The Associated Press. Another 41-year-old man, Jean Wilson Brutus, a Haitian national, died suddenly after collapsing in December in what a medical examiner ruled was a natural death due to a lung blockage.<\/p>\n In all, at least 56 people have died in ICE custody during Trump\u2019s second term. Lopez-Cornejo is the second native of El Salvador, following the September death of Norlan Guzman-Fuentes, who was killed during a sniper attack<\/a> on an ICE field office in Dallas.<\/p>\n People held at the Newark facility have asked for improved living conditions and better medical care, as they say some are being denied medication. Earlier this year, some launched a hunger strike, according to Cosecha, an immigrant advocacy group.<\/p>\n