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ICE Reports 20th Detained Death of 2026, 63-year-old Felix Alcorta-Rodriguez from Mexico
Felix Alcorta-Rodriguez, a 63-year-old man from Mexico, died in ICE custody on June 19, 2026, after he was found unresponsive at the Webb County…
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ICE Reports 19th Death of 2026: Georgian National Mamuka Artmeladze Dies at Winn Correctional
Mamuka was not a public safety threat, may not have broken a single law, couldn't be deported, and shouldn't have been arrested. ICE forced taxpayers to…
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Congressman Mike Levin Joins Me to Discuss His Efforts to Increase ICE Detention Oversight & Accountability
You're invited on Thursday, April 23 at 1:00 PM, to hear from California Congressman Mike Levin about what he saw inside Otay Mesa Detention Center and…
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Aled Damien Carbonell-Betancourt is the 17th Reported ICE Detention Death of 2026
Aled Damien Carbonell-Betancourt, a 27-year-old man from Cuba, died on April 12, one day after the 16th death of the year. The pace of detention deaths…
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Detention Deaths, Deportation Numbers, and Systemic Violence: My Conversation on The Majority Report
I joined Emma Vigeland to discuss the 16th detention death of 2026, the for-profit detention pipeline in rural Louisiana, and what the latest…
Apr 16
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ICE Detention and Deportation by the Numbers
ICE published updated detention data last week. Get a full explanation of the data below (great for new readers), see my revised approach to data viz…
Apr 15
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ICE Reports 16th Detained Death of 2026 at Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana
Alejandro Cabrera Clemente, a 49-year-old man from Mexico, died on April 11 at a private prison in rural Louisiana. The pace of one death every 6 days…
Apr 13
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The Full Story Behind Deaths in ICE Detention: A Conversation with St. John Barned-Smith and Ko Lyn Cheang of the San Francisco Chronicle
Are detained deaths preventable? Watch | Listen to my discussion with the reporters behind the investigation of what medical records, experts, and…
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ICE Detention Numbers Drop Significantly in Past Two Months, But There's More to the Story...
The latest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention data shows a significant decline of nearly 10,000 people over the past two months to a…
Apr 9
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ICE Reports 15th Detained Death of 2026 at Miami Correctional Center in Indiana
Tuan Van Bui, the son of a U.S. soldier in Vietnam, died in detention on April 1. He is the second person to die at Miami CC this year and continues the…
Apr 8
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Beyond the Official ICE Detention Death Count
The growing ICE death toll is alarming, but official numbers capture only one part of the deadly effects of detention. Here's a framework for…
Apr 2
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ICE Is Violating Its Own Family Separation Policies: A Conversation with Zain Lakhani
Zain Lakhani explains how the United States is creating a long-term family separation crisis that will last for decades and why we urgently need to…
Mar 31
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