Friend, the number of people dying in ICE custody is unprecedented.

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Friend, the number of people dying in ICE custody is unprecedented.

2025 is the deadliest year for immigrants in ICE custody in two decades — at least 24 people have lost their lives since January. From January to June alone, 11 people died — the highest death toll for that period in any year of publicly available records.

This trend is alarming and unconscionable.

These tragic deaths underscore ICE’s failure to adequately evaluate medical conditions before detaining people. Ten immigrants died within a month of being taken into custody, suggesting they may have been ill before detention and calling into question ICE’s claims that they provide comprehensive medical care. Among them was 68-year-old grandfather Abelardo ‘Lalo’ Avelleneda-Delgado, who lost his life in transit to Stewart Detention Center.

Detention facilities have never been safe. But the recent surge in funding — including $45 billion from Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act" to expand immigrant detention — is making them even more overcrowded, dangerous, and more deadly.

Trump’s mass deportation machine has allowed the unjust, horrific treatment of immigrants for profit — and it must end now.

That’s why we’re asking you to take action today. Call on your members of Congress to demand immediate oversight and accountability. We’ve already written the email; all you have to do is hit send. ([link removed])

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The people who lost their lives in ICE custody should still be alive today because detention should not be a death sentence. Many of these people were beloved community members whose memory we carry forward in our fight for dignity, safety, and justice for immigrants.

Jennifer Ibañez Whitlock
Senior Policy Counsel
National Immigration Law Center

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