US immigration custody records 17 deaths this year, report says

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Seventeen people have died in US immigration custody from January 2026 through early April, according to the detainee death reports released by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The latest death was reported by ICE on April 16. A 27-year-old Cuban national was found unresponsive in his cell at a federal detention center in Miami on April 12. He was pronounced dead after resuscitation efforts, with the official cause still under investigation.

ICE reported 33 detainee deaths in 2025, the highest total in more than two decades, and 11 in 2024, according to NBC News.

As of early April this year, ICE was detaining more than 60,000 immigrants, a figure that has declined in recent months but remains significantly higher than levels before US President Donald Trump returned to office.

(Cover: An ICE agent stands at the entrance to security to assist travelers at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore, Maryland on March 30, 2026. /VCG)

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency

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