Advocates call for ICE defunding following highest in-custody deaths since 2005
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Wednesday, Sept. 30 marks the end of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) 2020 fiscal year. It also marks the end of ICE’s deadliest year since 2005. CNN reports that 21 immigrants died while in the custody of the out-of-control agency during the 2Advocates call for ICE defunding following highest in-custody deaths since 2005
Wednesday, Sept. 30 marks the end of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) 2020 fiscal year. It also marks the end of ICE’s deadliest year since 2005. CNN reports that 21 immigrants died while in the custody of the out-of-control agency during the 2020 fiscal year, more than one-third of them after testing positive for COVID-19. Among them was 61-year-old Cipriano Chavez-Alvarez, who was ordered released from prison by a federal judge due to his underlying medical conditions, only to then be snatched up by ICE. He died from COVID-19 on Sept. 21. “But advocates said the novel coronavirus isn't the only factor to blame for the growing number of deaths in ICE custody,” CNN continues. It’s ICE’s intentional negligence that’s also led to completely preventable in-custody deaths, the House Homeland Security Committee said in a one recent report. “With respect to the medical care provided to detainees, the committee found that ICE and its contracted facilities frequently demonstrate an indifference to the mental and physical care of the migrants in their custody,” investigators said. Read more
