{"id":3029,"date":"2026-06-26T19:39:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3029"},"modified":"2026-06-26T19:39:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:39:36","slug":"un-rights-chief-calls-for-investigations-into-us-deaths-in-immigration-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3029","title":{"rendered":"UN rights chief calls for investigations into US deaths in immigration custody"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div><ul><li>Summary<\/li><li>Companies<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><div>GENEVA\/WASHINGTON, June 26 (Reuters) &#8211; The United Nations human rights chief on Friday called for independent investigations into deaths of people \u200bin U.S. immigration custody, saying that 19 people have died in detention so far this year.<\/div><div>&#8220;Those responsible \u200bfor violations of the law must be held to account, and the \u2060rights of the victims\u2019 families to truth, justice and reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence \u200bmust be upheld,&#8221; U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said in a statement.<\/div><div>The U.S. Department \u200bof Homeland Security&#8217;s inspector general is examining deaths of people in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody from October 2021 through March 2026.<\/div><div>Nineteen people died in ICE detention this year so far, the U.N. human rights office said, citing U.S. government \u200bdata. Five of those deaths were classified as suicides. Last year 33 deaths were recorded, the office \u200bsaid after U.S. President Donald Trump launched his mass deportation campaign in January 2025.<\/div><div>The Department of Homeland Security, \u200cwhich \u2060has federal oversight of immigration, said it has maintained a higher standard of care than most prisons.<\/div><div>&#8220;There has been NO spike in deaths. Consistent with data over the last decade, death rates in custody under the Trump administration are 0.009% of the detained population,&#8221; a \u200bspokesperson said.<\/div><div>A Reuters analysis of \u200bICE data found \u2060that the death rate among immigration detainees has more than doubled since Trump returned to office in 2025. The number of people \u200bdetained has grown by 50% since early 2025 to 60,000 people, \u200bthe U.N. \u2060human rights office said, citing U.S. official data.<\/div><div>ICE, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, has been at the center of Trump&#8217;s immigration crackdown that rights groups have said violates free speech and \u2060due process \u200brights and created an unsafe environment, particularly for ethnic minorities.<\/div><div>Trump and \u200bRepublican advocates of the crackdown say it aims to curb illegal immigration and improve domestic security.<\/div><div><address><div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Jasper Ward\" class=\"wp-image-50\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b897430deec882b8d602237800acf69b.avif\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><div>Jasper Ward<\/div><\/div><div><ul><li><span><div><svg><title>Email<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>X<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/address><\/div><\/div><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3027\">Israel, Lebanon sign framework peace deal after US-mediated talks<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3025\">Trump administration asks US Supreme Court to endorse immigration detention policy<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3023\">UN agency working to restart Hormuz evacuations after ship attack<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations human rights chief on Friday called for independent investigations into deaths of people \u200bin U.S. immigration custody, saying that 19 people have died in detention so far this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[12,10],"class_list":["post-3029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-human-rights","tag-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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