Donald Trump's campaign of detentions and deportations continues from strength to strength with its terrible consequences, including deaths in ICE custody.

A Reuters analysis of information obtained by the Deportation Data Project found that “between 2009 and 2024, US immigration detention centers recorded one death per year for every 3,848 detainees and that rate has more than doubled since Trump returned to office (in 2025), reaching approximately one death for every 1,630 people, according to preliminary data through early June.”

Since January 2025, 52 people have died in detention centers. Immigrants, their families, activists and legislators have denounced the terrible conditions that prevail in these centers, in particular, the lack of medical and psychological care, physical and emotional abuse, as well as spoiled food.

According to Reuters, 21 of the deaths “were discovered after the detainee had already died or became unresponsive.”

“These cases, which included 10 suicides, are especially concerning because they could reflect a lack of physical and mental health monitoring and timely care,” said Sanjay Basu, an associate physician at the University of California, San Francisco, who has studied deaths in ICE detention centers.”

The abuse extends to children and babies. Another analysis by MS Now and The Marshall Project found that “since the Trump administration came to the White House last year, at least 500 babies and toddlers have spent part of that crucial stage (of growth) in ICE custody.”

“ICE has dramatically increased detentions of children under 3 years old, keeping 25 of them in custody on an average day between January 2025 and March of this year,” adds the report based on data obtained by the Deportation Data Project.

The deplorable conditions in these centers have sparked hunger strikes by detained immigrants in at least four states.

At one of these centers, in Adelanto, California, legislators ask that retaliation against strikers be investigated

La Opinión reported that a group of California Democratic congressmen demanded “an investigation into reports that several detainees at the ICE Processing Center in Adelanto suffered retaliation for a hunger strike and a meeting with members of Congress earlier this month.”

Representatives Pete Aguilar (CA-33), Judy Chu (CA-28), and Jimmy Gómez (CA-34) urged DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin “to clarify allegations regarding reported punishments and demand that those responsible be held accountable for the inhumane treatment and retaliation against immigrants in custody at Adelanto.”

The newspaper also indicated that “Kyon Shakeel Swaso, one of the main organizers of the hunger strike taking place at the Adelanto Detention Center, has been deported to Belize after a series of transfers to different detention centers in Texas and Louisiana.”

DACA beneficiaries continue to be deported

La Opinión reported that Jessica Treviño, a DACA beneficiary from Alamo, Texas, whose work permit and protection from deportation are valid until April 2027, was detained on December 28, 2025 and deported to Mexico on March 25, 2026.

“The information, revealed by the organizations FWD.us and the Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE), indicates that Treviño was separated from her three American children, ages 16, 14 and 13, who are currently in the care of a relative,” the article says.

Todd Schulte, president of FWD.us, indicated that "the administration must take all necessary steps for Jessica to immediately return to the United States and be reunited with her children. DACA provides protection from deportation, and the administration misled her by telling her that her status had expired when it had not, in order to illegally deport her."

According to the newspaper, “the request regarding Treviño includes facilitating her return and preventing her from being detained once she sets foot on American soil, according to information shared by the organizations.”

An estimated 260 to 340 DACA recipients have been detained under the Trump administration and about 90 have been deported.

DACA recipients face severe delays in renewing their work permits. Many lose their jobs and are also left vulnerable to detention, although as Jessica's case illustrates, deportations occur even if the permit is valid.

And the Trump administration is taking advantage of a recent ruling by the Board of Immigration Appeals that determined that being a DACA beneficiary does not automatically guarantee being protected from deportation.

The government also detains asylum seekers

La Opinión also reported that “the detention of Colombian activist Franklin Humberto Coral Garrido, known publicly as Beto Coral, has generated concern among human rights organizations, legislators and migrant advocates, after US authorities confirmed that he remains in immigration custody while a deportation process progresses, despite having a pending asylum application and a current work permit.”

“The case has acquired international relevance due to complaints about a possible political motivation behind the detention and the risk that, according to his defenders, he would face if he were sent back to Colombia,” the newspaper adds.

Democrats want to guarantee that immigration agents and military are not deployed in voting centers

Although it is illegal for the military or other federal agents to intervene in elections, Trump continues to suggest that it would be a possibility, falsely claiming that the elections are rigged and that non-citizens vote illegally.

But Democrats fear the president will resort to voter intimidation tactics.

According to La Opinión, a group of Democratic senators is promoting the Voting Center Protection Bill that “seeks to reinforce current legislation that restricts the deployment of military forces and armed federal agents in voting centers, by closing any legal loophole that the Trump administration seeks to use for its purposes.”

Quote of the week:

"President Trump is openly considering sending armed federal agents into our schools, churches, fire stations and other polling places... He has demonstrated time and time again that he is willing to use and abuse the full power of the federal government to intimidate and harm Americans, punish his opponents and get his way. And that is precisely what he is trying to do this November, because he fears accountability," said Wisconsin Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin, sponsor of the Protect our Polls Act.