At least 30 people have died in ICE detention this year — the highest total in more than two decades.
The latest deaths were reported by ICE just this month when — as the Washington Post reports — four people died within the same week, all at different facilities. Two of the men died of natural causes, according to ICE, and two had medical issues. All were under age 60.
The number of deaths this year is the highest since 2004, when 32 people died in ICE detention.
The latest data comes as the number of people held in ICE detention reaches a record high of more than 68,000, and amid reports of agency plans to expand capacity to more than 80,000.
Earlier this year in Arizona, two Mexican nationals detained at ICE facilities in Eloy and Florence died eight days apart — including a 32-year-old man from Flagstaff.
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Indigenous peoples across the U.S. have been swept up in the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants and an Arizona tribe is taking steps to safeguard its membership. -
Democratic members of Congress could be back in court this month after they say the Trump administration is again denying them immediate access to immigration detention facilities. -
Republican lawmakers hosting a pro-ICE press conference were driven indoors as they were met with protesters at the state Capitol on Monday morning. -
Last Friday, The Show invited Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Arizona) to stop by the studio and offer his perspective on some of the year’s major storylines thus far. -
Protests continued here and around the country over the weekend following the shooting death of Renee Nicole Good, a Minneapolis woman who was shot through the windshield of her car by an ICE agent last week.
