Since the beginning of Donald Trump’s second term, the number of deaths in ICE custody has become impossible to ignore. Every person who dies while in the custody of the United States government deserves dignity, transparency, and accountability. Instead, families are too often left with unanswered questions, delayed investigations, and a lack of public accountability.
Congress has both the constitutional authority and the moral obligation to investigate every death in ICE custody. Oversight is not optional—it is one of your most important responsibilities.
As of today (7/14/26), the known named deaths since the start of Trump’s second term include:
Mamuka Artmeladze
Denny Adan Gonzalez
Aled Damien Carbonell-Betancourt
Alejandro Cabrera Clemente
Tuan Van Bui
José Guadalupe Ramos-Solano
Royer Perez-Jimenez
Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal
Emanuel (Emmanuel) Damas
Pejman Karshenas Najafabadi
Alberto Gutierrez (Gutierrez-Reyes)
Jairo Garcia-Hernandez
Nenko Stanev Gantchev
Delvin Francisco Rodriguez
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo
Ruben Ray Martinez
Silverio Villegas González
Keith Porter Jr.
Renee Nicole Good
Felix Alcorta-Rodriguez
Adrian Andreas Florian
Brayan Rayo Garzón
Samuel Omondi
Elena Vázquez-Rojas
Geraldo Lunas Campos
Luis Gustavo Núñez Cáceres
Luis Beltrán Yánez-Cruz
Parady La
Heber Sánchez Domínguez
Victor Manuel Díaz
Lorth Sim
Daphne Michel
Nurul Amin Shah Alam
Alex Pretti
Serafín García
Mariana Torres
Thongsy Southakone
Kevin González
Dr. Linda Davis (killed in a crash involving a vehicle fleeing ICE enforcement)
*Plus several individuals whose names have not been publicly released.
These are not statistics. They were human beings whose lives ended while under the care and control of the federal government.
The American people deserve complete transparency. What medical care was provided? Were warning signs ignored? Were detention conditions adequate? Were staffing shortages, delays, neglect, or policy failures contributing factors? The public cannot have confidence in a system that investigates itself behind closed doors.
I demand that Congress immediately hold public hearings, subpoena all relevant records, require independent investigations into every death, and make the findings available to the public. If misconduct, negligence, or civil rights violations occurred, those responsible must be held accountable.
No administration—Republican or Democratic—should be permitted to operate detention facilities without meaningful oversight. Human rights do not end at the doors of an ICE detention center.
Stop looking the other way. Investigate these deaths, tell the American people the truth, and ensure that no more lives are lost because Congress failed to act.
The Constitution demands oversight. The American people demand accountability.
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