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Stephen Miller is being discussed as potentially facing criminal exposure for multiple, distinct reasons: alleged conflicts of interest tied to a personal stake in Palantir, policy choices tied to fam...
A growing body of international legal and expert opinion concludes that Israel’s conduct in Gaza meets the legal definition of genocide, while Israel and allied voices reject that characterization and...
Yes. Multiple independent reports and news outlets document dozens of people who have died while in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody in recent years — for example, a 2024 ACLU/Ph...
ICE reported 12 deaths in its custody for fiscal year (FY) 2024, up from 4 in FY2023 and 3 in FY2022, and human-rights and public-health reviews identify medical neglect, suicide and COVID-19 as leadi...
Medical organizations and public-health authorities converge on a simple, evidence‑based field protocol: stop the exposure, move to fresh air, remove contaminated clothing, and wash thoroughly (especi...
The public record assembled by reporters, advocacy groups and ICE itself does not contain a complete, year-by-year table of official causes of death in ICE custody for 2018–2025 or a definitive count ...
2025 has emerged as the deadliest year in decades for people in ICE custody: reporting shows at least 20 deaths in 2025 so far, making it the highest total since the early 2000s (peaks: 32 in 2004; 21...
ICE custody saw a sharp rise in deaths in 2025, with multiple outlets reporting at least 15–25 deaths so far this year and ICE’s detained population rising toward ~60–66,000 — both trends that advocat...
Since 2020 civil rights allegations against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) cluster around , , , and ; reporting spans investigative journalism, NGO reports, and local watchdogs from 20...
Deaths in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody are driven overwhelmingly by medical causes and failures of medical care, with advocates and independent reviewers concluding many of t...
After January 2025, a patchwork of changes at federal and state levels altered oversight of detention and correctional systems: federal oversight of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Depar...
Federal agents in the commonly deploy such as tear gas (various “lachrymators”), pepper spray (oleoresin capsicum, OC), and irritant payloads in pepper‑ball projectiles during crowd operations, and co...
Between 2003 and 2017, public records and academic reviews show several years with clearly elevated numbers of deaths in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, most notably around 200...
A growing body of recent reports and studies shows that abrupt funding interruptions produce measurable and potentially long-term harm to HIV treatment continuity, and these harms disproportionately a...
Medical literature and public-health reviews document that tear gas (chemical irritants) can cause acute respiratory, ocular and skin injuries in children and infants and that severe outcomes—includin...
Prior investigations and reporting have repeatedly concluded that federal agents’ deployments of tear gas, stun/flash grenades, pepper balls and other “less‑lethal” munitions were often indiscriminate...
When a person dies in U.S. immigration detention, a mix of internal agency reviews, independent DHS oversight offices, statutory reporting requirements, and civil litigation constitute the formal arch...
The number of people who have died while in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody since ICE’s formation in 2003 is not a single, undisputed figure: government FOIA lists and agency re...
After high-profile clusters of deaths in ICE custody beginning with investigative reports around 2015, lawmakers and the agency implemented limited transparency and procedural changes—most notably pub...
The documented leading immediate causes of death among people detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in recent years include cardiovascular events (cardiac arrest, heart failure), ...