Seven people died in ICE custody during Trump's first 100 days

here’s what is happening:

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What’s happening

ICE detention facilities are facing a growing crisis as the detained population has surged 
to nearly 50,000 people, a 21 percent increase since mid-December, under Trump’s directive to increase detentions. As facilities become dangerously overcrowded, detainees are experiencing widespread medical neglect, unsanitary conditions, solitary confinement, and limited access to legal services.

Immigrants, especially immigrants of color, 
are at the highest risk, and U.S. citizens of color are also being targeted.

*US citizen Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has since been released.

Marie Ange Blaise, a 44-year-old Haitian woman, was the seventh person to die in ICE custody under Trump's second term.

Blaise complained of chest pain for hours before 
her death at Florida's Broward Transitional Center. According to Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, 
the only Haitian-American in Congress, "They 
gave her some pills and told her to go lie down. 
Unfortunately, Marie never woke up."

Another alarming case involved 44-year-old Ukrainian Maksym Chernyak, who died after suffering six seizures while awaiting hospital transfer—later diagnosed with a hemorrhagic stroke and declared brain dead.

Sources: NPR, Vanguard News Group, Nation of Change 


Rather than addressing these deaths, 
the Trump administration has shut down 
three internal oversight offices within the 
Department of Homeland Security that previously investigated civil rights violations 
in detention facilities.

Human rights groups have filed a lawsuit challenging these closures, arguing that Congress specifically created these offices 
to monitor abuse.

Meanwhile, ICE continues to issue nearly identical statements claiming detainees "received comprehensive medical care" despite mounting evidence of human rights abuses and putting thousands of lives at risk.

Take Action:

For local support and resources: InformedImmigrant.com/help @informed_immigrant 


To help people assert their rights and defend themselves against constitutional violations:
ilrc.org/red-cards

For guides on how to advocate and take 
action for immigrant rights: @UnitedWeDream, @DomesticWorkers, @aclu_nationwide


For legal resources: @nilc, @the_ilrc


To learn what’s happened in Trump’s first 
100 days and how you can take action:
feminists.co/discover/100days


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feminists.co/mental-health-help 


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