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ICE Deaths Surge 140%—Senators Demand End to Mandatory Detention

6/25/2026

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Human Rights Watch and Physicians for Human Rights documented a 140% rise in ICE detention deaths, with at least 52 deaths since President Donald Trump reinstated mandatory detention in his second term.
Senators Alex Padilla and Richard Durbin wrote to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin demanding an end to detention, oversight, death investigations, and funding cuts.
Immigrant advocates say the policy forces families into inhumane prisons and causes preventable deaths.

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Human Rights Watch and Physicians for Human Rights documented a 140% rise in ICE detention deaths, with at least 52 deaths since President Donald Trump reinstated mandatory detention in his second term.
Senators Alex Padilla and Richard Durbin wrote to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin demanding an end to detention, oversight, death investigations, and funding cuts.
Immigrant advocates say the policy forces families into inhumane prisons and causes preventable deaths.