List of each of the people killed in trumps second term due to ICE
Executive summary
The reporting collected by news outlets, human-rights groups and congressional offices documents dozens of deaths connected to U.S. immigration enforcement and ICE custody during President Trump’s second term, but there is no single, definitive public list of every person killed “due to ICE” and many individual cases remain under investigation or disputed [1] [2]. The names publicly reported in major outlets and oversight letters include several specific detainees and people killed during enforcement actions, even as totals reported by ICE, NGOs and lawmakers vary between the mid‑20s and low‑30s [3] [2] [1].
1. How many deaths have been reported so far and why counts vary
Multiple organizations and news outlets have tracked ICE‑custody deaths and enforcement‑related fatalities and reported different totals—ICE and some trackers report dozens of detainee deaths since the inauguration, congressional letters and the U.N. rights office cite about 30 deaths, and advocacy groups report 23–32 in recent tallies—reflecting differing inclusion rules (ICE detention only versus CBP custody and enforcement shootings) and ongoing investigations [1] [2] [3].
2. Named detainees publicly reported to have died in ICE custody
Several individual detainees have been named in reporting: Geraldo Lunas Campos, a 55‑year‑old Cuban who died at a detention camp and whose death was later ruled a homicide by a county medical examiner amid witness claims of choking by guards [4] [1]; Victor Manuel Diaz, a 36‑year‑old Nicaraguan found unresponsive after transfer to Camp East Montana and described by ICE as a presumed suicide while investigations continued [5] [4]; Parady La, a 46‑year‑old Cambodian refugee who died after being taken from a local federal detention center to a Philadelphia hospital, reported in regional coverage [6]; Brayan Rayo‑Garzon, found unresponsive with a blanket around his neck in April 2025 and reported as an apparent suicide in oversight accounts [7]. Each of these names appears in contemporaneous news or advocacy reporting, though the official circumstances and cause-of‑death determinations differ across sources [4] [7] [6].
3. Named enforcement‑action fatalities and contested shootings
Reporting has also named people killed during enforcement actions: Renee Good, a Minnesota woman fatally shot during a federal immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis, is cited in national coverage of agent shootings tied to the enforcement surge [8]. Other enforcement‑related deaths and shootings have been compiled by news non‑profits tracking incidents, with 16 agent‑connected shootings reported in one dataset as of early January 2026 [8].
4. Additional named deaths appearing in public notices but with limited public detail
Other names have surfaced in ICE notifications or local reporting with limited public detail, including a Cuban man, Gaspar‑Andres, listed by ICE as dying of liver and kidney failure in notification language, and cases reviewed in aggregated trackers that list detainees from Haiti, Honduras, Ethiopia, Ukraine, the Dominican Republic, Colombia and Vietnam without consistent personal identifiers in the public record [9] [2]. Wikipedia‑based compilations and public Detainee Death Reports capture some names and summaries but stress that DHS reporting practices have shifted and that some deaths are disclosed in vague narrative language [10].
5. Why an exhaustive, authoritative list cannot yet be produced from public reporting
Sources show the core limitation: reporting and official tallies differ about which deaths to include (ICE custody only, CBP custody, enforcement shootings, hospitalized deaths after release), ICE has changed reporting language and practices, investigations and coroners’ rulings are pending in several high‑profile cases, and congressional and U.N. inquiries continue to seek full disclosure—consequently, publicly available sources do not support a single, fully verified roster of every person “killed due to ICE” during Trump’s second term [10] [1] [3].
6. Bottom line for readers following accountability and oversight
Named individuals have been publicly reported and, in some cases, had deaths reclassified (homicide rulings, disputed agency accounts), but any list compiled from current public sources will be provisional and partial; oversight requests from lawmakers, NGO tallies and ongoing investigations are the paths by which additional names, causes and accountability details will emerge [1] [3] [11].