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Discrepancies in death counts between Border Patrol and ICE due to different reporting practices and agency jurisdictions.
Counts of deaths in and detention are kept in separate official reports and frequently differ because the agencies operate in different parts of enforcement, use different detention systems, and apply...
Federal agencies — principally under — maintain a formal notification and reporting policy for deaths in custody, including a that requires timely reporting and internal review . Yet public tallies, i...
and maintain separate death-reporting streams: ICE publishes a dedicated “” reporting system and policy for deaths that occur while individuals are in ICE custody, while CBP’s reporting is folded into...
’s official tallies of are constrained by agency definitions, internal reporting channels and what the agency classifies as “in custody,” while independent watchdogs, news organizations and medical ex...