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Human Rights Watch

International human rights advocacy and research non-governmental organization

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Jan 25, 2026
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How many ice deaths under obama

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...

Jan 17, 2026
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Did ICE shoot people during the Obama era- if so- how many

Yes — immigration agents under ICE and related DHS components fired their weapons and were involved in shootings during the Obama years, but publicly available reporting does not provide a single, ver...

Jan 26, 2026
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How many people died because of ICE under Obama

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...

Jan 12, 2026

How many detainees were killed by ICE during the Obama administration?

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...

Jan 29, 2026

did 56 people die under Obama ICE operations

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 ...

Nov 20, 2025

how many us citizens have been detained or picked up by ice

Available reporting shows no single, definitive tally of how many U.S. citizens have been “detained or picked up by ICE” during the 2025 enforcement surge; different outlets and organizations track re...

Jan 25, 2026

How many deaths were there in the deportation process when Obama was in office

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...

Jan 20, 2026

56 death in ice detention under obama administration

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...

Jan 26, 2026

Were 67 people killed by Ice under the Obama administration?

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...

Jan 12, 2026

how many did obama deport without due process of law

There is no single, verifiable figure in the documents provided that counts “how many” people President Obama’s administration deported “without due process of law”; official and advocacy sources offe...

Jan 21, 2026

How many immigrants died during Barack Obama’s presidency,

Answer depends on the question’s definition: if the inquiry targets deaths of people while in U.S. federal immigration custody during , reporting based on government records and later FOIA-based inves...

Oct 26, 2025

Did President Clinton deport immigrants without due process?

President Clinton signed major immigration laws in 1996 that created an process capable of deporting noncitizens without a full hearing before an immigration judge, but the statutes and subsequent pra...

Jan 26, 2026

Obama c’est 56 morts sous la responsabilité de l’ICE ! Chiffres vérifiés et officiels !

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...

Dec 18, 2025

Maduro crimes

United Nations and major rights groups report that Venezuela under President Nicolás Maduro has overseen widespread, systematic repression that independent investigators say may amount to crimes again...

Jan 28, 2026

HOW MANY CIVILIANS WERE KILLED BY ICE AGENTS WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS IN OFFICE

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...

Jan 25, 2026

How many people died in detention under the Obama administration

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...

Dec 3, 2025

What are the specific war crimes allegations against Trump in the ICC investigation?

The ICC itself has not opened an investigation charging Donald Trump; available reporting shows recent ICC activity that triggered U.S. sanctions relates to arrest warrants and probes of Israeli leade...

Nov 12, 2025

Did Venezuela empty their prisons and mental hospitals of violent criminals

The claim that Venezuela “emptied their prisons and mental hospitals of violent criminals” and sent them to the United States is and relies on anecdote, speculation, or single-source reporting rather ...

Dec 21, 2025

Is the UK really looking into backdooring phones or using glorified government backed spyware?

Yes — UK authorities and some lawmakers have been actively pursuing legal and technical routes that could force companies to give state access to encrypted data and that proponents describe as on-devi...

Jan 16, 2026

Did Obama give due process to illegals

The Obama administration implemented enforcement priorities and programs that both preserved some procedural protections and, according to multiple civil‑rights and labor groups, accelerated removals ...