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ICE Reports 17 Immigrants Have Died in Custody

HeadlineApr 21, 2026

Deaths in ICE custody have reached a record high this fiscal year, with at least 17 immigrants reported dead since January. The most recent case is of 27-year-old Aled Damien Carbonell-Betancourt, an immigrant from Cuba who was found unresponsive last week while jailed in Miami. He reportedly died of a presumed suicide, but the cause is still under investigation. We’ll have more on this later in the broadcast.

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