1. United States
2. Utah
3. Letter

Felix Alcorta-Rodriguez, a 63-year-old man, died in ICE custody at the Webb County Detention Center in Laredo, Texas on June 19, 2026. He had been detained only a few days. He is the 20th person to die in ICE custody this year — the sixth Mexican national, more than any other nationality. Congress needs to investigate these deaths and halt the expansion of a detention system that is killing people. The early reassurance from the medical examiner that his death was "not in any way related to his incarceration" should not be taken at face value. ICE has made similar claims before that families later disputed, and one Texas detention death initially ruled a suicide in 2026 was later found to be a homicide involving staff. His death wasn't even listed on ICE's website — it surfaced only through a required congressional notification. Meanwhile, Republicans just passed $38 billion in ICE funding through 2029 while stripping the transparency rules that let the public track who is being held and how they are dying. These are not isolated tragedies. This is a pattern inside a system that is growing larger and less accountable by design. The people detained there have not been convicted of crimes — they are held over civil immigration violations. Demand a full, independent investigation into Alcorta-Rodriguez's death, restore the transparency requirements that were stripped from the reconciliation package, and use your oversight authority to scrutinize CoreCivic's operation of Webb County Detention Center before more people die.