John,

Since Donald Trump took back the White House and launched his cruel mass-deportation agenda, at least 17 people have died in ICE custody, including:

• Two detainees who were cruelly shot and killed by a gunman at a Dallas ICE facility yesterday.


• Silverio Villegas González, a Mexican father who was shot and killed by an ICE agent in a Chicago suburb. DHS lied and claimed the agent was “seriously injured” by Silverio, but body cam footage reveals the agent said his injuries were “nothing major.”


• Former DACA recipient Ismael Ayala-Uribe, who was protected by DACA in 2012 but was denied reapplication in 2016, died from a sudden illness while detained, after a hospital visit and surgery were delayed.

As far as we know, this is the highest rate of deaths in ICE custody in the first six months of any year on record.

Not only are people dying in detention centers and at the hands of ICE agents, but hundreds have gone missing.

New reporting indicates that two-thirds of the 1,800 people held at the so-called Alligator Alcatraz center in Florida are missing in ICE’s online database and are unable to be located by their loved ones. They have truly been disappeared.

Justice Democrats’ Rep. Delia Ramirez is leading the call for answers and accountability, demanding an investigation into her constituent’s death and the widespread reports of human rights violations by ICE in our communities and their detention centers.

Build the public pressure: add your name to join Delia and other Justice Democrats in calling for an investigation and demanding DHS Secretary Kristi Noem testify before Congress →

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In Delia’s words, “Every death at the hands of ICE, every family separated by ICE, every orphan created by ICE is Kristi Noem’s responsibility. She must come to the committee and account for ICE's unlawfulness.”

Let’s raise our voices and demand not only answers, but justice.

In solidarity,

Justice Democrats