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Grim Start To 2026: ICE Custody Deaths Pile Up After Deadliest Year On Record
- Four migrants died in ICE custody during the first 10 days of January 2026, signaling rising fatalities early in the year.
- The deceased include a Cuban detainee at Camp East Montana and two Honduran men who died after hospital releases in Texas and California.
- A Cambodian detainee died on January 9 after severe drug withdrawal symptoms at a Philadelphia facility.
- ICE reported 69,000 detainees as of January 7, with authorities preparing for a possible rise after a funding infusion approved by Congress.
- Advocacy groups, including Detention Watch Network, warned the detention system is failing and urged shutting detention centers.
- The agency said it was investigating the Cuban detainee’s death and provided specifics on timelines and circumstances for the other cases.
- The deaths occurred amid a broader push by the Trump administration to ramp up deportations and detention.
- The report connects early 2026 fatalities to a year with the highest detention-death tally in two decades.
- The report cites government press releases and Associated Press material as the basis for the early 2026 fatalities.
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