Leading Democrat calls rise in ICE detention deaths under Trump "stunning" [View all]

Source: msn/Newsweek

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Representative Pramila Jayapal, a Washington Democrat, told Newsweek on Friday that the number of deaths in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention is “unprecedented” after almost two decades monitoring conditions.

“We’ve had long-standing concerns about ICE detention and the facilities and the conditions that are in the detention centers, but as ICE has ramped up so incredibly rapidly, often with no bid contracts, people who have no experience running detention centers and the mass deportations, it’s all gotten much worse,” Jayapal said.

The congresswoman added: “One tangible way that I track that, as the top Democrat on the immigration subcommittee, is I get notices about deaths in ICE detention and the number of deaths that have happened just since Trump took office are really stunning.”

Jayapal is one of several lawmakers who have become increasingly concerned about conditions in ICE facilities, in particular wanting to know the circumstances which have led to an increase in deaths within detention centers under the current White House.

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