Demand Progress

25 people have died in ICE custody under Trump this year,¹ the deadliest year in at least two decades.²

The inhumane conditions in ICE prisons are shocking and widespread, from Alligator Alcatraz in Florida to detention centers in Illinois, Pennsylvania, California, and beyond. Members of Congress have called Alligator Alcatraz an “internment camp,” reported on deaths linked to medical neglect, and documented ICE denying children medical attention and forcing pregnant women to sleep on floors in overcrowded intake cells.^3,4,5

The Trump administration still denies poor conditions at any ICE facility, even as evidence of these horrors grows every day.⁶ Congress must take aggressive action to investigate and shut down these abusive detention centers.

Sign the petition: Investigate Trump's ICE prisons! End the horrible, inhumane treatment of people in immigrant detention.

ICE currently holds a record 66,000+ detainees in its horrid prisons, and the agency wants to expand its abusive facilities to warehouse-like “mega detention centers.”^7,8

Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock have documented some of the Trump administration's abuses and said, "ICE is failing to meet its own standards for reporting detainee deaths, thereby hindering Congressional oversight efforts and leaving families in the dark as to their loved ones' fates."⁹

Trump's mass deportations dragnet is taking people away from their families and communities, and throwing them into torture prisons. Congress must launch a full investigation and end this abuse.

Sign the petition: Shut down Alligator Alcatraz and all inhumane ICE prisons!

Sources:

1. The Los Angeles Times, "Deaths in ICE custody raise serious questions, lawmakers say,” November 22, 2025.
2. NPR, "It's the deadliest year for people in ICE custody in decades; next year could be worse,” October 23, 2025.
3. USA Today, "'Help me!' Democrats decry 'vile' conditions at 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigrant prison,” July 14, 2025.
4. NBC News, "Hundreds of alleged human rights abuses in immigrant detention, report finds,” August 5, 2025.
5. HuffPost, "House Democrats Sound Alarm About Number Of Deaths In ICE Detention,” November 24, 2025.
6. NBC News, "Hundreds of alleged human rights abuses in immigrant detention, report finds,” August 5, 2025.
7. CBS News, "ICE's detainee population reaches 66,000, a new record high, statistics show,” November 6, 2025.
8. NBC News, "'Mega detention centers': ICE considers buying large warehouses to hold immigrants,” November 7, 2025.
9. NPR, "Georgia senators demand answers on more than a dozen deaths in immigration detention,” September 23, 2025.