US EditionFour migrants die in US immigration custody over first 10 days of 2026
The deaths follow a record 30 fatalities in 2025 as ICE detains 69,000 people amid expanded bed space and funding, prompting ongoing investigations and protests.
- On Jan 12, Reuters reported four migrants died while in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody over the first 10 days of January 2026.
- As of Jan 7, ICE statistics showed the agency was detaining 69,000 people after a large funding infusion passed by the U.S. Congress last year expanded bed space.
- Geraldo Lunas Campos, 55, died on January 3 at Camp East Montana after being placed in isolation and found in distress, ICE said.
- The spate of in-custody deaths coincided with protests after the January 9 shooting of Renee Nicole Good, and Tricia McLaughlin, U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, said death rates matched historic norms.
- Setareh Ghandehari, advocacy director at Detention Watch Network, called the deaths `truly staggering` and urged shuttering detention centers as Camp East Montana, Fort Bliss, Texas, saw a Cuban detainee die.
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In the first days of the new year alone, four people die in ICE imprisonment. Trump's deportation authority is criticizing prison conditions.
Under Donald Trump, the number of detentions by the U.S. immigration agency ICE is increasing dramatically. In the previous year, this led to a record number of deaths in custody. The sad trend continues in the first days of the new year.
The U.S. immigration agency ICE holds about 69,000 people in custody. This January, four men have already died in detention camps. Last year, the deaths reached a record number.
The U.S. immigration agency ICE holds about 69,000 people in custody. Two Hondurans, one Cuban and one Cambodian died in detention camps in January.
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