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Deaths in ICE custody during 2025 from causes other than on-scene uses of lethal force.
Reporting compiled by national outlets and advocacy groups shows a sharp and well-documented rise in deaths tied to U.S. immigration enforcement after the Trump administration’s intensified crackdown:...
The available reporting does not support a single, definitive tally that answers “how many times ICE killed innocent people,” because deaths involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) fall in...
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 clearest, directly reported figure for deaths in ICE custody under the Trump administration’s intensified removal operations is that 32 people died in ICE custody in calendar year 2025 — a total t...
Reporting shows a clear rise in deaths connected to during ’s second term, but the exact tally depends on how “died in custody” is defined and which reporting period is used; major outlets put the 202...
The count of custody has spiked in 2025 to the highest level since 2004, with ICE and multiple news outlets reporting roughly 30–32 deaths for the calendar year as detention populations surged — a ris...
Official agency tallies and independent reporters disagree by a small but important margin: ’s public data and mainstream wire reports settled on “” deaths in custody for calendar year 2025, while inv...
Three types of public and quasi-public trackers cover deaths connected to U.S. immigration and customs work: agency-maintained memorials and line-of-duty pages (ICE’s Fallen Officers/Wall of Honor), n...
Reporting on immigration agents during the ’s 2025–2026 enforcement surge is inconsistent but converges on a stark picture: multiple shootings by and other officers were documented (16 to at least 28 ...
in custody during calendar year 2025, the deadliest year for detainees in more than two decades, a tally reported by multiple outlets and reflected in ICE figures and NGO tracking . ICE and major medi...
Public reporting shows a sharp rise in in 2025 and the first weeks of 2026, but precise totals depend on the source and on what is counted (deaths in custody versus deaths during enforcement actions);...
Counts of deaths in custody spiked to the highest absolute level in more than two decades in — roughly 30–32 deaths reported by media trackers and advocates and acknowledged in ICE notices — coincidin...
Under the second Trump administration, the number of people who died while in custody during 2025 is widely reported at roughly 30–32, making it the agency’s deadliest year in two decades according to...
Medical examiners have publicly classified one death of a person in ICE custody as a homicide in the 2025–2026 timeframe: the January 3, 2026 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at Camp East Montana in El P...
The claim that "52 people have been shot by ICE in the last year" cannot be confirmed with the reporting provided: contemporary trackers and news outlets document dozens of shootings involving federal...