The "vast majority" of migrant deaths under ICE detention could have been avoided, report says

ICE currently detains, on average, approximately 38,000 people each day in a network of approximately 130 detention facilities nationwide according to ACLU and Physicians for Human Rights (Credit: Via politico.com)

SEATTLE - According to an investigation conduced by the American Civil Rights Union, about 95 percent of the people that lost their lives while being detained by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) could have been saved with better medical care.

The joint project of ACLU, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), and American Oversight, provided a deep and comprehensive examination of the deaths of 52 people whom ICE reported to have died while in its custody between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2021.