Was a Hispanic man and a black man killed by ICE that media hasn't reported on

1. What the records show about deaths in ICE custody and enforcement actions

Agency counts and major investigations put the number of deaths in ICE custody at historically high levels in 2025: reporting and compiled lists cite roughly 31–32 deaths in ICE custody last year, the most since 2004 (The Guardian; Project On Government Oversight; Wikipedia summaries) ^{[2] [4] [5]}. Media outlets including The Guardian, Reuters, People and others have published lists and profiles of these deaths, documenting individual cases that include people described as Hispanic or Latino and people described as Black ^{[2] [1] [3] [6]}.

2. Examples that directly answer the question: documented Hispanic and Black victims

At least one Black man, Keith Porter Jr., has been publicly reported as killed by an ICE-affiliated agent—he was fatally shot by an off‑duty ICE agent outside his Los Angeles apartment on 31 December 2025 and that killing is named in media accounts ^[1]. Multiple Hispanic or Latino men who died in ICE custody in 2025 have also been reported by mainstream outlets; for example, Honduran Luis Beltrán Yáñez–Cruz’s death was disclosed by ICE and reported by The Guardian, and other named Latino detainees—such as Banegas and Isidro Pérez—appear in coverage of the 2025 fatalities ^{[1] [3]}.

3. On the claim that these killings “haven’t been reported on”

The available reporting contradicts a blanket claim that such killings were unreported: major news organizations and watchdogs have catalogued deaths in custody and the higher-profile fatal shootings have attracted separate coverage and debate ^{[2] [1] [6]}. That said, many families and advocates say the deaths “unfolded largely out of public view,” and journalists and oversight groups have flagged gaps—delayed or incomplete ICE investigations, fewer inspections in 2025, and questions about medical care and reporting practices—so coverage has sometimes been fragmented and reactive rather than comprehensive ^{[3] [4] [7]}.

4. Why perceptions of underreporting persist

Perceptions that deaths were hidden are reinforced by practical realities: ICE’s own death-notification and reporting systems exist but advocacy groups and POGO document fewer inspections and reduced oversight as detention numbers surged in 2025, increasing the chance that some individual circumstances were not widely publicized or fully investigated in a timely way ^{[7] [4]}. Journalistic attention has also focused heavily on high-profile shootings in Minneapolis and elsewhere, which can leave other cases receiving less sustained coverage even when they are documented in agency tallies ^{[1] [6]}.

5. Conflicting narratives, agency statements, and outstanding gaps

Federal officials and DHS have at times rushed to defend agents or provided partial accounts that later faced skepticism from reporters; Reuters documents cases where initial official narratives conflicted with evidence uncovered by reporters ^[8]. ICE posts detainee death reporting online but families and watchdogs say full investigative reports and transparency are often lacking, leaving unanswered questions even when the death itself has been reported ^{[7] [3]}. The reporting available does not support asserting that a Hispanic man and a Black man were killed by ICE and that those killings were entirely unreported; it does, however, show systemic opacity and contested narratives around many of the deaths ^{[2] [1] [3] [4]}.