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ICE Detainee Deaths

List of deaths in ICE custody from 2003 to 2021, including preventable deaths and under-examined cases

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Jan 12, 2026
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How many detainees were killed by ICE during the Obama administration?

Available reporting does not document that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) "killed" detainees as a matter of policy; instead, multiple investigations and civil-society reports count people w...

Jan 15, 2026

How to compile a complete year‑by‑year list of ICE detention deaths using ICE Detainee Death Reports and FOIA releases

A complete, year‑by‑year list of deaths in ICE custody can be compiled by systematically harvesting ICE’s Detainee Death Reporting page and the agency’s FOIA Library, then cross‑validating those items...