Overview
- Reps. Dave Min and Judy Chu led a letter delivered Friday to DHS and ICE requesting documents and accountability on detainee care following deaths linked to the Adelanto processing center.
- The inquiry centers on Ismael Ayala-Uribe, who died Sept. 22, and Gabriel Garcia-Aviles, who died Oct. 23 after transfer from Adelanto to a Victorville hospital.
- ICE’s Nov. 3 statement says Garcia-Aviles was admitted the day of his detention for suspected alcohol withdrawal and that hospital officials attributed his death to cardiac arrest due to withdrawals.
- The letter alleges a decade of failures in detention medical practices, including delayed or substandard care, medication lapses, and falsified records, and asks what steps are being taken to improve care.
- Citing agency figures, the letter says 2025 detainee deaths exceed every year since public reporting began in 2018, as new data show detentions rising to over 65,000 nationwide; local leaders plan a Monday field hearing in Los Angeles.