Georgia senators are demanding information from the Trump administration on the record high number of deaths of people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE.)
Ten people in ICE custody died between January and June of this year — “the highest number of deaths in the first six months of any year listed in ICE’s public records,” Democratic Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock wrote in a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons.
According to ICE’s website , an additional three people died between July and August.
“We write with serious alarm regarding the rise in the number of deaths in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody nationwide,” the senators wrote.
“DHS must address safety and