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Detention deaths during Obama era

Reports and audits about deaths in ICE custody during the Obama administration, focusing on medical neglect and oversight failures.

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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 20, 2026
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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 29, 2026
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Where US citizens shot by ICE during Obamas presidency

The available reporting does not show clear, documented cases in which were shot by agents during ; the sources instead document and historical abuses, but not shootings of U.S. citizens by ICE in tha...

Jan 27, 2026

How does Fatal Neglect define and count deaths in ICE custody, and how does that methodology compare with ICE's own reports?

— the joint 2016 report by the , and the — defines and tallies deaths by examining specific in-custody fatalities and the agency documents and inspections tied to them, focusing particularly on eight ...

Feb 7, 2026

How many people died in ICE custody across all U.S. administrations and how are those deaths documented?

The public record does not support a single, definitive count of all people who have died while ever in custody because agencies, advocacy groups and reporters use different definitions and datasets; ...

Feb 1, 2026

were there ice shootings during the obama terms

A straightforward reading of the available reporting shows that was involved in lethal incidents and deaths during , and investigative reporters have obtained agency shooting logs that include the end...

Jan 30, 2026

Did Obama ICE operations Kill people?

The available reporting shows that people died while held in custody during and that government and NGO reviews found substandard medical care and inspection failures contributed to some of those deat...