Chicago – Janaury 13, 2026
Four migrants died in US immigration custody during the first 10 days of 2026, marking a grim continuation of rising deaths in detention under President Donald Trump. The fatalities, recorded between January 3 and 9, involved two Honduran men, a Cuban man and a Cambodian man held in facilities across Texas, California and Pennsylvania, according to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
ICE said the Cuban detainee, 55-year-old Geraldo Lunas Campos, died on January 3 at the Camp East Montana detention site near Fort Bliss, Texas, after being placed in isolation and later found in distress.
The Honduran men, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, 42, and Luis Beltran Yanez–Cruz, 68, died in hospitals in Houston and Indio, California, on January 5 and 6 following heart-related issues. On January 9, 46-year-old Cambodian detainee Parady La died at the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia after severe drug withdrawal, ICE said.
Advocates called the mounting death toll “truly staggering” as ICE detentions reached about 69,000 people this month following a major funding boost.
