Death rate in ICE immigrant detention centers more than doubles under Trump, Reuters analysis finds
Reuters found 50 deaths in U.S. immigration detention since January 2025, with experts citing strained supervision and medical care as populations surged.
- Under President Donald Trump, the death rate in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities has more than doubled, reaching about one death for every 1,630 people, according to a Reuters analysis.
- ICE held about 40,000 immigrants when Trump took office, with the population surging to about 70,000 in January before falling back to about 57,000 as of early June.
- At the 'Speedway Slammer' in Bunker Hill, Indiana, 55-year-old Vietnamese man Tuan Van Bui died after staff failed to meet the four-minute medical-emergency response standard, records show.
- Medical experts, including Chanelle Diaz of the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, warned the system lacks chronic-care management, resulting in a "spike in preventable deaths."
- Since January 2025, 50 people have died in U.S. immigration detention, with ICE records showing 21 of those deaths discovered only after the detainee was deceased or unresponsive.
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From 2009 to 2024, there was one death per 3,848 detainees in U.S. immigration detention facilities annually - the rate more than doubled after Trump returned to the presidency to one death per 1,630 people
Insight: Death rate in ICE immigrant detention centers more than doubles under Trump, Reuters analysis finds
Some 50 people have died in U.S. immigration detention since President Donald Trump launched his mass deportation campaign in January 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement records show.
A Vietnamese man with heart problems collapsed and died at the “Speedway Slammer,” a notorious maximum-security prison in Indiana that has become a symbol of US President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. At a Pennsylvania detention center, a Chinese man who had previously attempted suicide was found hanging in the showers. At a New York facility, a Honduran man with a rapid heartbeat and seizures from withdrawal symptoms died in his cell wit…
Death Rate In ICE Detention Centers Doubles Under Trump
WASHINGTON, June 17 (STL.News) – The death rate in United States immigration detention centers has more than doubled since President Donald Trump returned to office, according to a recent analysis of Immigration and Customs Enforcement records. Data processed by the Vera Institute of Justice indicates the mortality rate has shifted from one death per 3,848 detainees annually, recorded between 2009 and 2024, to approximately one death for every 1…
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