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60 people have died in ICE custody under Donald Trump and Stephen Miller since January 2025.¹

In just the last month, at least three people died in ICE prisons where systemic abuse and inhumane living conditions are the norm. Two people died after medical emergencies, one of whom was being held despite being a lawful permanent resident. Another man died by apparent suicide. These three men are dead because of Trump and Miller's horrific mass deportations regime.^2,3,4

Communities across California report that ICE arrests are surging in the state right before the midterms.⁵ Lawmakers like Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Pramila Jayapal are calling to break up Trump's far-right security forces at ICE.^6,7

Sign the petition: Abolish ICE! End Trump and Stephen Miller's mass deportations and hold ICE accountable for its violent abuses.

"This is just about the worst surge of ICE activity we have seen," said one immigrant rights advocate in California. ICE is clearing fields of workers, loitering outside of an election office, and pursuing people in their cars as their patrols grow across the state.⁸

Multiple lawsuits and human rights organizations have documented the terrible conditions in ICE detention centers: severe medical neglect, officer violence and coercive threats against detainees, inadequate and rancid food, unsanitary living conditions, and violations of ICE's own policies and international human rights treaties.^9,10

Local authorities in Minnesota are trying to hold federal agents accountable for the murder of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, but federal authorities are refusing to cooperate.¹¹

Congress must act to undo the horrors of mass deportations.

Sign the petition: Investigate and shut down ICE prisons, hold the Trump administration accountable for ICE violence, and dismantle Trump's security forces.

Sources:

1. Common Dreams, "'Dismantle ICE' Says Jayapal After 60th Death in Agency Custody During Trump 2.0," October 25, 2026.
2. Ibid.
3. USA Today, "Man who died in ICE custody in Texas was lawful permanent resident," October 21, 2026.
4. Washington Post, "A Maryland woman’s husband died in ICE custody. She wants answers." October 20, 2026.
5. New York Times, "As Election Nears, Reports of an Increase in ICE Arrests Across California," October 27, 2026.
6. The Guardian, "'Abolish ICE': Mamdani, AOC and other Democrats urge action after New York shooting," October 9, 2026.
7. Common Dreams, "'Dismantle ICE' Says Jayapal After 60th Death in Agency Custody During Trump 2.0," October 25, 2026.
8. New York Times, "As Election Nears, Reports of an Increase in ICE Arrests Across California," October 27, 2026.
9. The Guardian, "'Dire' conditions at ICE facility severely violate human rights, lawsuit claims," May 30, 2026.
10. Human Rights Watch, "Dying in Detention: Rising Deaths in an Expanding US Immigration Detention System," June 25, 2026.
11. Washington Sun, "Feds Stop Evidence Sharing in Good and Pretti Killings: Minnesota Officials," October 23, 2026.