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The most widely cited tally for deaths in custody during the presidency is , a figure reported by a coalition report titled and repeated in media and advocacy accounts . That number has become a short...
The best-supported count in the reporting provided is that while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody during the , a figure reported by a coalition report based on documents and summar...
Available reporting does not document that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) "killed" detainees as a matter of policy; instead, multiple investigations and civil-society reports count people w...
The most defensible, widely reported figure for deaths in custody during the first year of ’s second term is — the highest total in more than two decades, according to multiple news organizations trac...
The short answer: multiple reputable reports and advocacy groups have reported that 56 people died while in custody during , but that number is not a single, uncontested official toll — it reflects a ...
The best available reporting in the provided sources counts while in custody during the , a figure cited in the /Detention Watch Network/National Immigrant Justice Center report "Fatal Neglect" (and s...
A straight head‑to‑head on deaths shows more reported deaths under the administrations than under , but the comparison is clouded by rising detention populations, incomplete reporting and agency pract...
The count depends on what is being measured: in custody during the Obama administration according to a FOIA-based NGO report, while independent reporting has identified dozens of deportees who were mu...
A coalition report published by the ACLU, Detention Watch Network and the National Immigrant Justice Center counted 56 people who died in ICE custody during the Obama administration, and highlighted t...
The short answer: available reporting in the provided sources does not support the claim that ; independent advocacy groups and journalistic counts most commonly put the number of during the Obama yea...
The statement " c’est 56 morts sous la responsabilité de l’" is supported by a major NGO report that counted 56 deaths in ICE custody during the Obama administration, but official tallies and other re...
saw at least in 2025, a toll that matched the agency’s deadliest year on record and made 2025 the highest‑mortality year in two decades . By contrast, recorded 56 deaths in ICE custody across 2009–201...
The sources reviewed do not provide a definitive count of civilians who were directly killed by agents during ’s time in office; advocacy and watchdog reports instead document detainee , with one join...
custody deaths rose sharply during the first year of second term: reporting and monitoring groups count between the mid‑20s and 32 deaths in 2025, making it the deadliest year for ICE detainees in rou...
The most consistent tally in the reporting assembled for this brief finds that while in custody during , a figure produced by a FOIA-based review cited in the joint report Fatal Neglect and repeated b...
ICE’s enacted base appropriations rose from roughly $6.8–$6.9 billion in FY2017 to about $8.4–8.7 billion by FY2024–FY2025 before Congress’s July 2025 reconciliation bill supercharged funding, produci...
A coalition report and contemporaneous coverage show that custody during the administration — a tally that NGOs and journalists use to document detention-related fatalities, but which does not equate ...
Public records included in the provided reporting do not supply a definitive count of people who were directly killed by ICE agents during President Barack Obama’s two terms; the closest concrete figu...
The reporting supplied does not offer a single, authoritative tally of people who were explicitly agents’ use of force during the or administrations; instead, the available sources distinguish between...
Official reporting shows a small but concerning tally of custody in the opening weeks of 2026: government releases documented four deaths during January 3–9, a subsequent ICE notice announced a death ...