The number of migrants who have died in ICE custody this fiscal year has reached a historic high, with 29 deaths surpassing the previous record of 28 in 2004. The most recent case involved 27-year-old Cuban national Aled Damien Carbonell-Betancourt, whose death was preliminarily linked to suicide but remains under investigation. He entered the U.S. without valid documents and was later transferred to ICE custody after a conviction for resisting an officer. This rise in fatalities coincides with a significant increase in detention numbers during Trump’s tenure, with current detention populations around 60,000, marking a 70% increase compared to the first year of Biden’s administration.