{"id":37059,"date":"2026-08-10T19:37:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T14:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=37059"},"modified":"2026-08-10T19:37:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T14:37:31","slug":"as-ice-detention-expands-deaths-reach-a-22-year-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=37059","title":{"rendered":"As ICE Detention Expands, Deaths Reach a 22-Year High"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-content\">\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">La is one of more than 30 people who have died in ICE detention since October amid a surge in fatalities that has raised alarm from experts and left rights groups and a growing number of families searching for answers\u2014and, perhaps, a measure of accountability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">The fatality rate in ICE custody reached a 22-year high in the opening months of this fiscal year, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jama\/article-abstract\/2847650\" target=\"undefined\">report<\/a> published in the medical journal JAMA earlier this year. Between the beginning of October and Jan. 19, the latest date in the report\u2019s analysis, 18 immigration detainee deaths were reported; since then, at least 17 other people have died while being held by ICE.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">By comparison, 3 people died in ICE detention in the full 2022 fiscal year, per the report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">A spokesperson from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which houses ICE, maintained in a statement to TIME that \u201cthere has been NO spike in deaths.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">\u201cConsistent with data over the last decade, as of May 29, death rates in custody under the Trump administration are 0.009% of the detained population,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cAs bed space has rapidly expanded, we have maintained a higher standard of care than most prisons that hold U.S. citizens\u2014including providing access to proper medical care. 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