How many ICE agents have been killed in 2025
Executive summary
The available reporting indicates that no U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were killed in 2025; coverage from investigative outlets and advocacy groups documents multiple civilian deaths in ICE custody and several lethal uses of force by ICE or other federal immigration officers, but sources do not record any ICE officer fatalities in 2025 [1] [2] [3].
1. What the question really asks and how reporting frames it
As phrased, the query seeks the number of ICE agents killed during calendar year 2025, which is distinct from the far more-reported counts of civilians who died in ICE custody or were shot during ICE operations; major investigations and trackers in late 2025 and early 2026 focus on detainee deaths and shootings by ICE agents rather than deaths of ICE personnel, so attention must be paid to the difference between agent fatalities and detainee or civilian deaths [2] [4] [3].
2. Public databases and prominent reporting: no documented ICE agent deaths in 2025
Surveying the prominent pieces assembled by The Guardian, The Trace, The Marshall Project, Reuters and others shows extensive documentation of detainee deaths (32 people in ICE custody in 2025, per aggregated reporting) and multiple shootings involving ICE agents that resulted in civilian deaths, but those sources do not list any ICE agent killed in the line of duty during 2025 [2] [4] [5] [6] [3].
3. Official and advocacy statements emphasize assaults on agents, not agent fatalities
Department of Homeland Security releases and ICE-era advocacy reporting emphasize a large uptick in assaults, threats and attacks on ICE personnel through 2025 — citing hundreds of reported assaults and sharp percentage increases year-over-year — but the DHS materials focus on non-fatal assaults and threats rather than confirming any deaths of ICE agents in 2025 [7] [8]. Advocacy groups, meanwhile, have pointed to “the deadliest year on record” language regarding people who died in ICE custody, which is about detainee fatalities, not agent deaths [9].
4. Historical context cited in reporting: agency fatalities remain extremely rare
Investigative pieces that examined the risks of working for ICE note the rarity of officer deaths. A Mother Jones analysis explicitly states that, according to ICE data, none of its officers have been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s history — a claim that undercuts narratives implying significant officer fatalities during 2025 and supports the absence of reported agent deaths in 2025 [1].
5. Where the reporting is clear, and where limits remain
Reporting is unequivocal about two things documented in 2025: a sharp rise in detainee deaths within ICE custody (reporters compiled lists totaling roughly 30+ deaths in custody) and a string of shootings involving ICE or Border Patrol agents that produced civilian fatalities and injuries [2] [4] [3]. None of the supplied sources, however, offers a dedicated national roster of line-of-duty ICE officer fatalities for 2025; therefore this analysis relies on mainstream investigative reporting and DHS public statements that emphasize assaults and detainee deaths but make no claim of ICE agent deaths in 2025 [7] [8] [1].
6. Bottom line with caveats
Based on the cited journalism and government statements provided, there are no documented deaths of ICE agents in 2025; the year’s lethal headlines instead center on detainees who died in custody and several fatal shootings by federal immigration officers that killed civilians, not ICE personnel [2] [3] [6]. This conclusion is limited to the supplied sources: if a separate, authoritative roster of federal law-enforcement line-of-duty deaths exists (for example, a DOJ, DHS, or national officer-fatality database) it was not provided here, and therefore cannot be cited to further corroborate the finding.