The number of deaths in ICE custody is already more than double all of last year

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53% : Ten people have died while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody so far this fiscal year, more than twice as many as last year and three times as many as the year before, according to ICE data and news releases.
53% : ”The agency also said that its ICE Health Service Corps “executed an operating budget of nearly $324 million on the spectrum of healthcare services provided to people in ICE custody in fiscal year 2022.”Two of the deaths in the current fiscal year occurred on consecutive days last week, according to statements from ICE.  
49% : He had been detained at the Winn Correctional Center, in rural Winnfield, since early September, after entering the United States in late August, ICE said in a Feb. 26 statement.
47% : That compares with 28,289 in fiscal year 2023 and 22,578 and 19,254 in fiscal years 2022 and 2021, respectively, according to ICE.
42% : An ICE spokesperson said this month that “the use of private detention contractors is a vital piece of the national detention system enabling ICE to successfully execute its mission.”
41% : Border Patrol had encountered Boror Urla on April 17 near Taylor, Michigan, and served him with an order of expedited removal from the country, ICE said. 
37% : Ousmane Ba, a 33-year-old man from Senegal, died Feb. 23 after being hospitalized for nearly a month, according to a statement from ICE. 
36% : They have also called for ICE to release detainees who have health issues and potential sponsors in the country while their immigration cases play out.

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