At least 11 people have died in ICE detention under Trump, as administration on pace for deadliest year in decades
Source: The Independent
Sunday 29 June 2025 16:32 EDT
Donald Trump’s administration is on pace to have one of the worst years for deaths in immigrant detention in decades following the recent deaths of a Canadian citizen and a Cuban man in federal custody.
A 75-year-old Cuban man died in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week, CBS News reports, citing a notice sent to Congress of the alleged death.
The agency has not publicly disclosed the death yet, though it often announces such fatalities at a delay. His death would bring the total to at least 12 dead in ICE custody since Trump took office. At least two of those deaths were suicides.
Critics accuse the administration of allowing conditions to worsen in a sprawling network of overburdened immigration detention centers as the White House pushes to deport millions of migrants in rapid time. The Independent has contacted ICE and the Cuban foreign ministry for comment.
Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-administration-ice-detention-death-b2779192.html
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