ICE will stop reporting deaths of newly released detainees

[Eugene]

Source: ABC News

ICE will stop reporting deaths of newly released detainees

The agency called the move a "common sense" change.

By Laura Romero
June 4, 2026, 9:35 PM

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is ending a policy that required the agency to report the deaths of former detainees that occurred within 30 days of their release from federal custody.

The policy, issued during the Biden administration, directed the agency to review and report all detainee fatalities, including those that occurred post-release.

The policy reversal by the Trump administration comes amid scrutiny from lawmakers and immigrant advocates over the rising death rate of detained immigrants in federal custody.

"Under this updated policy, when an individual is no longer in ICE custody then ICE will no longer be responsible for monitoring or reviewing deaths that may occur," a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security told ABC News in a statement. "This is common sense. ICE is not responsible when an individual passes away weeks after leaving their custody."

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Read more: https://abcnews.com/US/ice-stop-reporting-deaths-newly-released-detainees/story?id=133604407

[littlemissmartypants]

1. I imagine that they aren't too...

happy concerned about the

... trigger warning ...

Suicide rates in the facilities either.

NOTE — This story includes a discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at http://988lifeline.org/.

https://apnews.com/article/ice-suicide-deaths-detention-custody-d902169055292dfd27f5079e609e86ad

[Whip-poor-will]

2. Satan's soldiers march on

It's common sense that their "common sense" isn't that common , it's conman sense..

[B.See]

3. Nuremberg trials.

That's my wish for the lot of em.

[Girard442]

4. So, technically, they could push someone out the door in actual cardiac arrest.

Hey, they were alive when they left the facility. That's all we know.

[70sEraVet]

8. That's the first thing that came to MY mind

The outside of the detention centers will become littered with corpses.

[eppur_se_muova]

5. Well, they do have too many other deaths to keep track of already. nt

[Swede]

6. The Veterans Administration should stop worrying about PTSD, too.

Same with Police, EMTs and Firefighters. Their out, it's their problem.

[AZLD4Candidate]

7. ICE are a bunch of SS soldiers in the concentration camps.

[themaguffin]

9. of course