Overview

• News tallies confirm 20 people died in ICE custody in fiscal year 2025, surpassing 2024’s 12 and trailing only 2020’s 21.
• The two most recent deaths followed a shooting at an ICE site in Dallas that killed Miguel Ángel García-Hernández and Norlan Guzmán Fuentes, with reports that one was restrained; another detainee was reported in critical condition.
• The family of Ismael Ayala Uribe, who died on September 22 after detention at Adelanto in California, has begun legal action seeking preservation of evidence and a full investigation.
• ICE says Ayala Uribe was evaluated for an abscess, scheduled for surgery, then found unresponsive, with the cause of death under investigation.
• Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff have demanded DHS and ICE detail plans to prevent further deaths, as advocates question medical care, security, and the reopening of facilities such as Adelanto; six of the deceased were Mexican nationals.