ICE to stop reporting deaths of detainees released within 30 days: Report
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is discontinuing a policy that mandated reporting deaths of detainees within 30 days of their release. This change, initiated by acting ICE Director David Venturella, has drawn attention amid ongoing concerns about detainee deaths. The Department of Homeland Security has stated that ICE should not monitor deaths occurring weeks after release.
- ▪ICE is eliminating a policy requiring the reporting of detainee deaths within 30 days of release.
- ▪The change was confirmed by the Department of Homeland Security and is part of a return to standard practices.
- ▪At least 18 immigrants have died in ICE custody so far this year, with over 30 deaths reported last year.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement is reportedly getting rid of a Biden-era policy that required the agency to report any detainees who may have died within 30 days of their release. The policy change was made by acting ICE Director David Venturella, whose memo about the eliminated policy was obtained by the Washington Post on Thursday. Recommended Stories DHS watchdog finds problems with Louisiana ICE center and makes nine recommendations ‘Independent’ investigator that absolved Fairfax schools in illegal immigrant groping case teaches ICE evasion tactics Former Judge Hannah Dugan urges court to toss conviction in illegal immigrant escape case “ICE is returning to the standard practice of reporting deaths that occur while an individual is in agency custody,” Venturella wrote in the…
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