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Death Rate in Immigration Detention Has Reached a 22-Year-High, Raising Physicians' Concerns

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A report in the medical journal JAMA said the most recent spike in deaths took place in a system with “longstanding failures” compounded by Trump administration policies.

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Doctors said Thursday that a new investigation into the deaths in ICE custody showed that the “weakness of the system” in the agency’s medical care has worsened in the last two decades. At the same time, the number of people in immigration detention has skyrocketed and conditions have worsened during Donald Trump’s government, with a death rate that, in part of this fiscal year, reached a maximum of 22 years, according to information available s…

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Doctors said Thursday that a new investigation into the deaths in ICE custody showed that the “weakness of the system” in the agency’s medical care has worsened in the last two decades. At the same time, the number of people in immigration detention has skyrocketed and conditions have worsened during Donald Trump’s government, with a death rate that, in part of this fiscal year, reached a maximum of 22 years, according to information available s…

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Telemundo 20 broke the news on Thursday, April 16, 2026.
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