24 immigrants have died in ICE custody during the Trump administration
Source: NBC News
The deaths of 3 detainees since April, along with the release of internal reports about detention center conditions, have spurred an outcry from advocates.
June 9, 2019, 7:00 AM EDT
By Hannah Rappleye and Lisa Riordan Seville
In April, a 54-year-old immigrant from Mexico died after several feverish days in a solitary cell. In May, a 21-year-old man from India hung himself in an Arizona jail. On June 1, a 25-year-old asylum seeker named Johana Medina Leon died in a Texas hospital after nearly six weeks in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The deaths of three ICE detainees since April, along with the release of several internal and watchdog reports documenting dismal conditions at ICE detention centers, have prompted an outcry from advocates who say the Trump administration is pushing growing numbers of immigrants into a detention system ill-equipped to care for them.
"What we're seeing is a reckless and unprecedented expansion of a system that is punitive, harmful and costly," said Katharina Obser, senior policy adviser at the Women's Refugee Commission, an advocacy group. "The U.S. government is not even doing the bare minimum to ensure [immigrants] are getting the medical care and the mental health care they need."
Twenty-four immigrants have died in ICE custody during the Trump administration, according to an NBC News analysis of federal data. At least four others, including Medina Leon, died shortly after being released from ICE custody. The number of in-custody deaths remains below the peak of 32 deaths in 2004, the first full calendar year records were kept.
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is simply shameful. The fact that there is not more outrage over the conditions and the resulting deaths is untenable. I know that we are being presented with outrageous actions by this administration every day, but this travesty is not getting the attention it deserves. The conditions the children (and others) are forced to live in are pushing those that happened in Nazi Germany. There are Congress people who have/ are making trips to the detention centers where they are not allowed into the facilities to do oversight. WE ARE PAYING FOR THIS TRAVESTY - BUT WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING. In addition to all the crimes and misdemeanors this administration is taking part in, this single crime against humanity needs to be brought to the International Criminal Court for prosecution. 
