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Immigration Enforcement Fatalities

Fatalities in ICE custody and during federal immigration enforcement operations in 2025-2026

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Jan 24, 2026
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How many people died in ice custody in 2026

Official reporting shows a small but concerning tally of custody in the opening weeks of 2026: government releases documented four deaths during January 3–9, a subsequent ICE notice announced a death ...

Jan 24, 2026
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How do assault and fatality rates for ICE and Border Patrol compare to local police departments over the past five years?

Across the past five years the public record shows two conflicting patterns: and () have had a sharp increase in deaths in custody and high‑profile fatal shootings in 2025–2026, even as analyses of of...

Jan 27, 2026

What investigations and oversight actions have been opened into the 2025 ICE custody deaths?

Federal, congressional and international actors have opened multiple lines of inquiry into the in custody in 2025, ranging from agency-conducted medical and oversight reviews to demands for and congre...

Jan 27, 2026

How many people died due to ICE in 2025

The most reliable count reported across major outlets and oversight groups is that in custody during 2025, making it the agency’s deadliest year in roughly two decades . That figure is drawn from ICE ...

Jan 27, 2026

Were Heber Sanchez Dominguez, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis GustavoNunes Caceres and Geraldo Lunas Campos all killed by ICE in 2026?

Three of the four names listed in the question — Luis Beltran Yanez‑Cruz, and — died while in custody in the first 10 days of 2026, and reporting shows differing causes and levels of official culpabil...