Donald Trump’s administration is on pace to have one of the worst years for in decades following the recent deaths of a Canadian citizen and a Cuban man in federal custody.
A 75-year-old Cuban man died in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week, CBS News , citing a notice sent to Congress of the alleged death.
The agency has not publicly disclosed the death yet, though it often announces such fatalities at a delay.
His death would bring the total to at least 12 dead in ICE custody since Trump took office.
At least two of those deaths .
Critics accuse the administration of allowing conditions to worsen in a of as the White House pushes to deport millions of migrants in rapid time.
All told, 15 people have reportedly died in detention this fiscal year, which includes the final months of Joe Biden’s administration.
At worst, in a single calendar year under the .
At the current pace, as many as 24 people could be dead by the end of this calendar year, a staggering figure, though deaths climbed even higher under George W. Bush, .
Critics say ICE, in an effort to arrest some 3,000 people a day, is straining the nation’s capacity to safely house immigrants slated for removal.
, or about 140 percent of the agency’s ostensible capacity to hold them.
“These are the worst conditions I have seen in my 20-year career,” Paul Chavez, litigation and advocacy director at Americans for Immigrant Justice in Florida, recently “Conditions were never great, but this is...
Donald Trump’s administration is on pace to have one of the worst years for in decades following the recent deaths of a Canadian citizen and a Cuban man in federal custody. A 75-year-old Cuban man ...