PITTSBURGH \u2014 A local representative is weighing in on the death of a woman found at a bus shelter after she was released from federal custody.<\/p>\n
Daphy Michel died in March after being detained by ICE.<\/p>\n
PREVIOUS COVERAGE >>> Community members hold vigil for woman who died days after being released by ICE in Pittsburgh<\/a><\/p>\n She was eventually released and later found at a Station Square bus stop. She died shortly after. <\/p>\n Last week, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner ruled her death a homicide.<\/p>\n PREVIOUS COVERAGE >>> Woman\u2019s death days after being released from ICE custody in Pittsburgh ruled homicide<\/a><\/p>\n On Tuesday, Rep. Summer Lee was in Pittsburgh to tour the new Spring Garden Early Childhood Center in Troy Hill<\/a>. While she was there, Channel 11 asked her about the incident. <\/p>\n She said ICE takes the humanity out of the way it operates.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen we see this particular instance, here was a woman who was failed by the system at every turn. Even when she was picked up, she didn\u2019t have language support and access; she didn\u2019t have mental health support and access; her family wasn\u2019t notified,\u201d Lee said. \u201cThey essentially discarded this human being.\u201d<\/p>\n The Allegheny County Medical Examiner found her cause of death to be hypothermia.<\/p>\n An attorney for her family says she was in the country legally and a lawsuit is likely coming soon.<\/p>\n The Department of Homeland Security called Michel an illegal alien and said ICE had nothing to do with her death.<\/p>\n Lee recently gained access to Pennsylvania\u2019s largest ICE detention center alongside Congressman Chris Deluzio. <\/p>\n Click here to learn more about what they found there.<\/a><\/p>\n Download the FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n Follow Channel 11 News on Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>. | Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n Strong storms to move through Western Pennsylvania overnight<\/a>Track the rain, storms with our Interactive Radar <\/a>Smoke billows from cardboard recycling facility in Glassport<\/a>Person injured in house fire in Pittsburgh\u2019s Overbrook neighborhood<\/a>PHOTOS: Smoke billows from building at plant in Glassport<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n