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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 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 ...

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