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The number of people who died in ICE custody in 2025 and early 2026, including deaths caused by immigration agents in the field.
2025 was described by multiple outlets as the deadliest year for people in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody in two decades, with reporting placing the toll at roughly 31–32 death...
Public reporting shows far fewer ICE and Border Patrol officers killed in the line of duty than civilians killed in general, while deaths and injuries to civilians and people detained by ICE have surg...
The most authoritative public tallies show in custody during 2025, the deadliest calendar year for the agency in more than two decades (matching a 2004 record) . Independent reporting then documented ...
maintains policy guidance saying it does not routinely detain unaccompanied children and seeks to minimize disruption to parental rights when arresting adults, codified in Detention Management materia...
Independent trackers and media tallies put the number of people who died in custody in 2025 at roughly 30–32, and report at least six additional in-custody deaths in the first weeks of 2026; when comb...