ICE Detention Deaths
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D–CT) claims it’s “outrageous” and a “moral stain on this country” that “52 people have died” in “ICE detention” during Trump’s second term.
IN FACT, the age-comparable fatality rate of the general U.S. population is several times higher than people in ICE detention, and deaths related to lax immigration enforcement are at least 90 times greater than deaths in ICE custody. Here are the specifics:
- During the second Trump administration, the average annual fatality rate for people in ICE detention has been 70 per 100,000 people at an average age of 45 years old.
- In contrast, the average annual fatality rate for 45-year-olds in the U.S. is about 326 per 100,000 people, or 5 times the ICE custody death rate under Trump.
- An average of 15 people per year have died in ICE detention during the first and second Trump administrations.
- In comparison, criminal aliens have committed at least 611 homicides per year in the U.S. for decades, or 41 times the ICE custody death rate during Trump’s presidency.
- Furthermore, an average of 732 people per year died while illegally crossing the border during the 2 years of available data during Biden’s presidency, or 49 times the ICE detention death rate during Trump’s presidency.
- Summarizing the data above, none of the ICE custody deaths are necessarily Trump’s fault, and prior failures to enforce immigration laws fueled illegal immigration that killed people at 90 times the rate of ICE detention deaths during Trump’s presidency.
