Image: from The American Prospect.

This page is part of a resource collection: Tracking ICE During the Second Trump Administration.

Resources

The American Prospect: A Running Count of How Many People ICE Has Killed and Injured: ICE doesn’t share its violent incidents with the public. So here’s our list.

Physicians for Human Rights: Deadly Failures: Preventable Deaths in U.S. Immigration Detention.

Wikipedia: List of deaths in ICE detention.

News: 2026

January 4.   The Guardian: 2025 was ICE’s deadliest year in two decades. Here are the 32 people who died in custody.

January 12.   TaRhonda Thomas: Family questions treatment of Cambodian immigrant who died in ICE custody in Philadelphia.

January 15.   Douglas MacMillan: Medical examiner likely to classify death of ICE detainee as homicide, recorded call says: A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at an ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.

January 17.   The Associated Press: ICE says Cuban immigrant died while attempting suicide. A witness says guards pinned and choked him.

January 18.   Melissa Gomez: Honduran father died in ICE custody in California. His family wants an investigation.

January 19.   Victoria Bekiempis: Second man dies at Texas ICE detention facility in two weeks: Victor Manuel Diaz was found unresponsive at Camp East Montana in what ICE officials claim is ‘presumed suicide.’

January 21.   The Associated Press: Autopsy finds Cuban immigrant in ICE custody died of homicide due to asphyxia.

January 23.   Laura Romero: ‘I don’t believe he took his life’: Family of Nicaraguan man seeks answers after his death in ICE detention facility. Victor Manuel Diaz died at an ICE detention facility in Texas on Jan. 14.

January 28.   Melissa Hellmann: Eight people have died in dealings with ICE so far in 2026. These are their stories.

January 28.   The Associated Press: Nicaraguan man’s death at troubled Texas detention camp was reported as a suicide, 911 records show.

February 3.   Colleen DeGuzman: After El Paso’s ME ruled migrant’s death a homicide, ICE sent the next body to an Army hospital: ICE bypassed the county medical examiner in favor of a military facility for the autopsy of a Nicaraguan man and won’t release a ruling to the public.

February 11.   Ilse Ramirez: 6 Deaths in ICE Custody and 2 Fatal Shootings: A Horrific Start to 2026.

February 18.   Kanishka Singh: Cambodian national dies in ICE custody in Indiana.

February 19.   The Texas Tribune: Six deaths in six weeks: What to know about ICE detentions in Texas.

February 24.   David Faris: A running list of ICE deaths and shootings during Trump’s second term.

February 25.   Sara Braun: Nearly blind refugee abandoned by US border patrol found dead in Buffalo: Investigation under way after man was dropped off five miles from home but family wasn’t notified.

February 28.   Izzy Ramirez: Los Angeles Father Dies Under ICE Custody — 9th Death This Year.

March 5.   Coral Murphy Marcos: ICE detainee in Arizona dies after not receiving medical attention for severe tooth pain: Emmanuel Damas, a Haitian asylum seeker, was being held at the Florence correctional center before he died.

March 6.   Coral Murphy Marcos: Family of detainee who died under ICE custody says he was denied medical care: Alberto Gutiérrez Reyes died in a California hospital in February after suffering chest pain and shortness of breath.

March 16.   Reuters: Afghan asylum seeker dies in ICE custody: Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal, 41, died on Saturday in Texas less than 24 hours after being detained.

News: 2025

July 25.   Dhruv Mehrotra & Dell Cameron: ‘They’re Not Breathing’: Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls.

June 26.  Hannah Ziegler: Canadian Citizen Dies at ICE Detention Center in Florida.

July 8.  Edith Olmsted: Kristi Noem Guts ICE Oversight as Detainee Deaths Surge.

July 8.   Leah Feiger & Dhruv Mehrotra: The 911 Calls Inside ICE Detention Centers.

September 23.   Ruben Vives & Jenny Jarvie: A former DACA recipient died in ICE custody. Did officials ignore his pleas for help?

October 23.   Ximena Bustillo & Rahul Mukherjee: It’s the deadliest year for ICE in decades. As detentions rise, the trend may continue.

November 4.   Ramon Antonio Vargas: Family speaks out after death of man deported by ICE in vegetative state: Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel’s family alleges negligence and inhumane treatment.

November 18.   Dan Gooding: Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied.

December 19.   ABC News: Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for ‘immediate investigation’.