Just as fatalities climb to a worrying new high inside its facilities, ICE has quietly redrawn its rulebook behind closed doors. The low-profile operational shift alters how the agency handles the grimmest of statistics, leaving watchdogs furious and critics asking what else is being obscured.
The Washington Post reported on Thursday that American authorities are putting an end to public updates regarding individuals who die shortly after leaving immigration holding facilities. A rising death toll inside government facilities hasn't stopped ICE from quietly moving the goalposts, with the agency now 'shrinking the scope of which deaths it will be required to report.'
