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Conditions inside detention: medical neglect, solitary confinement, hunger strikes, abuse and transfers far from family.
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Oscar Belgal, 28, a Dominican construction worker and father, was shot in the neck by a plainclothes ICE agent while his 5-year-old son sat in the backseat. He remains held in solitary with the bullet still lodged in his neck.
Oct 14, 2026 · New York, NYAssociated Press · The Guardian · Newsweek +35 sources
Adam Mohamed Abdullah, a Somali auto mechanic from St. Paul, was held at Guantánamo Bay and says he was beaten there; his mother died while he was denied a call to her before his deportation.
Sep 25, 2026 · St. Paul, MNDocumented · MPR News · Truthout +5 sources
Jean Wilson Brutus, a 41-year-old Haitian man, died of a pulmonary embolism less than a day after arriving at Newark's Delaney Hall detention facility. His ambulance was delayed five minutes so a van of new detainees could enter first.
Oct 13, 2026 · Newark, NJNewsweek · The Guardian · Globe Newswire +9 sources
Prisciliano Trejo, 29, died of leukemia in detention days after another man's death in ICE custody; his family says officials delayed urgent treatment despite his repeated complaints.
Oct 13, 2026
Johnny Sebastián Lucas Barre, 38, an Ecuadorian man held at Folkston, says agents beat him unconscious after he refused to sign deportation papers without a lawyer present.
Oct 3, 2026 · Folkston, GAUnivision · Zócalo · 2001 Online +2 sources
Salah Sarsour, 53, a mosque president and father of six, was held 80 days, losing over 30 pounds amid worsening diabetes. A judge found ICE likely retaliated against him for Palestinian rights advocacy.
Sep 29, 2026 · Milwaukee, WIReuters · Newsweek · Associated Press +17 sources
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