2026-06-17T10:03:02.772Z / https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/death-rate-ice-immigrant-detention-centers-more-than-doubles-under-trump-reuters-2026-06-17/
- 专家担忧移民海关执法局拘留中心的医疗护理与监管状况
- 移民海关执法局的死亡记录缺失关键信息——如用药情况与应急响应记录
- 国土安全部称其致力于为被拘留者提供“安全、有保障且人道的环境”
华盛顿6月17日路透电——一名患有心血管疾病的越南男子在“ Speedway Slammer”——这座改建自印第安纳州最高安全级别的监狱，已成为特朗普政府移民镇压行动的象征——中倒地身亡。宾夕法尼亚州一所拘留中心内，一名曾有自杀未遂记录的中国男子被发现吊死在淋浴间。纽约一所设施内，一名因戒酒出现心率升高与震颤症状的洪都拉斯男子在牢房内无人提供急救后死亡。
这些男子只是移民海关执法局记录显示的、自唐纳德·特朗普总统2025年1月启动大规模驱逐行动以来，在美国移民拘留设施中死亡的50人之一。
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路透社对移民海关执法局数据的分析显示，2009年至2024年间，美国移民拘留设施的平均每日在押人数为每3848名被拘留者对应1例死亡。自特朗普再次就职以来，这一死亡率已翻倍以上，根据截至6月初的初步数据，达到约每1630人死亡1例。
路透社分析的数据由驱逐数据项目通过公共记录申请获得，并由倡导降低监禁率的非营利组织维拉司法研究所处理。
被拘留者死亡原因可能十分复杂，未必源于拘留中心管理人员的疏忽或虐待。但三名研究拘留中心死亡事件的专家在为路透社审查移民海关执法局记录和尸检报告后表示，不断上升的死亡率及其他数据点引发了人们对拘留中心监管与医疗护理质量的担忧——特朗普执政期间，拘留中心的在押人数大幅增加。
在民主党人乔·拜登政府的最后一年，被拘留人数就已上升，拜登政府因选举年的批评而加强了执法力度。特朗普就职时，移民海关执法局关押了约4万名移民，较2021年2月新冠疫情期间拜登时代约1.4万人的低点有所上升。
在特朗普任期内，这一数字在1月达到约7万人的峰值，当时明尼阿波利斯正开展大规模镇压行动，截至6月初回落至约5.7万人。
移民海关执法局记录显示，50起死亡事件中有21起是在被拘留者已经死亡或失去知觉后才被发现。其中包括10起自杀案件。加州大学旧金山分校副医师桑杰·巴斯是三名为路透社审查数据和记录的专家之一，他曾研究移民海关执法局拘留中心的死亡事件。他表示，这些案件尤其令人担忧，因为它们可能反映出身体和心理健康监管以及及时护理的缺失。
心脏病发作和心血管问题导致了16起死亡，医学专家表示，这表明初步健康筛查和慢性病管理可能存在问题。
哥伦比亚大学欧文医学中心医学助理教授沙内尔·迪亚兹表示，数据和记录显示，该机构选择关押医疗脆弱人群，导致“可预防死亡人数激增”。
“该系统并非为慢性病管理而设计，”迪亚兹说，并指出至少两名死亡的被拘留者患有痴呆症，且对公众没有任何风险。
国土安全部未提供路透社审查的特朗普执政时期死亡事件的详细记录。该机构表示，其致力于在拘留场所营造“安全、有保障且人道”的环境。
“从个人抵达的那一刻起直至拘留全程，我们都将提供全面的医疗护理，”国土安全部发言人劳伦·比斯在给路透社的一份声明中说道。
关于及时医疗护理的疑问
路透社与三名专家审查的特朗普政府时期的拘留死亡报告细节有限，这也是确定推动死亡率上升因素的部分难点所在。
专家们表示，与此前相比，本届政府的报告对每起死亡事件的具体情况描述更少。许多报告遗漏了关键信息，例如被拘留者的病史、用药情况以及应急响应细节。
非营利组织人权医生组织的医疗主任米歇尔·海斯勒特别提到了移民海关执法局关于洪都拉斯男子桑托斯·雷耶斯·巴涅加斯的死亡报告。该男子于去年9月在纽约长岛拿骚县惩教中心死亡。
移民海关执法局的报告显示，2025年9月17日上午11点22分的入检过程中，一名护士记录了他的戒酒戒断症状。两小时后，一名为他诊疗的医生表示他出现了震颤症状，并开具了戒断治疗药物。
然而，报告未具体说明所开药物的名称，也未确认药物是否已 administered。次日早上6点25分，雷耶斯被发现躺在牢房中失去知觉，20分钟后被宣布死亡，移民海关执法局的报告称。
海斯勒表示，在医院环境中及时治疗可大幅降低戒断带来的危及生命的风险。“这不禁让人质疑，为何没有立即将他送往急诊室，”她说。
国土安全部表示，该死亡事件仍在调查中，但“初步死因似乎是酒精中毒引发的肝功能衰竭”。
纽约州总检察长办公室的一名发言人表示，该办公室的一项调查发现，当班警员并未导致雷耶斯的死亡。
呼喊求救；等待15分钟
55岁的越南男子段文裴于11月19日抵达所谓的“Speedway Slammer”，即特朗普政府对印第安纳州邦克希尔迈阿密惩教所的称呼。
移民海关执法局的一份报告称，裴在2023年末曾中风，并于去年8月被拘留后不久被开具了治疗高血压和胆固醇的药物。
今年2月，裴向印第安纳州联邦法院提交请愿书，要求获释，称他需拄拐杖行走，拘留导致“他的健康状况恶化”。
在特朗普第二任期的第一天，他撤销了拜登时代的指导方针，该方针指示移民海关执法局在拘留移民前考虑减轻处罚的因素，包括其年龄、健康状况、作为家庭供养者的角色或军事或公共服务经历。
3月，一名医生诊断裴患有慢性阻塞性肺疾病，移民海关执法局的一份报告称，但未提供进一步细节。
一周后，即4月1日，裴倒地不起。
三名被拘留者告诉路透社，同牢房的囚犯向附近的警卫尖叫求救。
伊拉克被拘留者易卜拉欣·易卜拉欣利用他在伊拉克战争期间担任翻译时学到的技能开始进行心肺复苏，他在一次电话采访中说道。
易卜拉欣和另外两名被拘留者表示，警卫花了约15分钟才赶到。医护人员在那之后10分钟才到达。
一切都太晚了。易卜拉欣触摸不到脉搏。
“医护人员赶到时，他已经死了，”易卜拉欣说。
联邦移民拘留标准要求医疗应急响应时间不超过4分钟。当被路透社问及此事时，国土安全部发言人比斯未就裴的案件给出具体响应时间，但表示工作人员“立即启动”了救生措施，并“立即联系了应急服务人员，他们迅速赶到现场”。
管理该设施的印第安纳州惩教部将问题转介给移民海关执法局。
移民海关执法局关于裴死亡的报告称，拘留中心工作人员进行了心肺复苏、除颤，并拨打了急救医疗服务电话，直到一名主治医生在下午6点左右宣布裴死亡。报告未提及易卜拉欣率先进行了心肺复苏。
当地验尸官将裴的死因归因于与心血管疾病相关的自然原因。
裴的继女王莉表示，他的家人一直在为他被遣返回越南的可能性做准备。
“我们最糟糕的设想是他会被遣返，”她说，“而不是他会死。”
患者应接受自杀风险监测
8月5日凌晨，宾夕法尼亚州莫尚农谷处理中心的工作人员发现了中国移民葛超峰（音译）的尸体，他吊死在淋浴间内。
32岁的葛超峰因涉及154.62美元礼品卡的欺诈指控被关押七个月后，于不到一周前被转移至该中心，法庭记录显示。
移民海关执法局称，葛超峰于2023年非法穿越美墨边境。他的哥哥葛彦峰（音译）通过翻译表示，他当时在纽约市担任外卖骑手。
宾夕法尼亚州哈里斯堡的多芬县监狱的记录显示，葛超峰于去年1月25日曾尝试上吊自杀。匹兹堡大学医学中心的一份摘要显示，他在此次尝试后接受了紧急护理，该摘要指出：“患者应接受自杀意念/计划的监测。”
两天后，该监狱的一名社会工作者在一次自杀风险评估中报告称，葛超峰表现出抑郁和双相情感障碍的迹象。一名监狱 psychiatrist 对葛超峰进行了评估，并开具了抗精神病药物，随后又开具了抗抑郁药。
为多芬县监狱提供医疗服务的PrimeCare Medical首席执行官汤姆·韦伯表示，该监狱在葛超锋被移交羁押时已向移民海关执法局提供了相关记录。路透社无法独立确认这些记录是否已送达。
移民海关执法局在一份关于葛超峰死亡的新闻稿中称，他抵达时没有携带之前监禁期间的医疗记录。该机构在其死亡报告中表示，当葛超峰抵达莫尚农谷移民拘留中心时，一名通过翻译进行入检面谈的护士记录称，他没有既往医疗或精神健康状况或当前处方用药，并将他安置在普通牢房区。
为葛超峰进行尸检的宾夕法尼亚州中部病理学家在其报告中也提到了他有精神病史。
运营莫尚农谷中心的私营公司GEO集团将问题转介给移民海关执法局。
诋毁死者
穆罕默德·帕克蒂亚瓦尔于3月13日在达拉斯郊区被移民海关执法局拘留，当时他正带着六个孩子中的五个去上学。根据移民海关执法局的死亡报告，同一天，41岁的帕克蒂亚瓦尔因呼吸急促和胸痛被送往医院。
次日早餐时，医院工作人员发现他的舌头肿胀，并给他服用了抗过敏药物。移民海关执法局的死亡记录显示，他们在三分钟后开始采取救生措施，随后宣布他死亡。
路透社咨询的拘留死亡事件专家在目前公布的移民海关执法局记录中未发现任何迹象表明该机构的应急响应存在不足。
然而，他的兄弟纳西尔·帕克蒂亚瓦尔表示，三个月过去了，他的家人仍在等待移民海关执法局和达拉斯县法医关于死亡原因的答复。
纳西尔表示，帕克蒂亚瓦尔曾是阿富汗特种部队士兵，2021年塔利班掌权期间随家人被美国军方撤离，并已申请庇护。他是家庭的唯一经济支柱，在当地一家阿富汗市场工作。
9月，帕克蒂亚瓦尔因将200美元及以上的联邦食品券用于商业用途而被起诉，这是一项重罪。记录显示，两个月后，他因企图盗窃价值约220美元的食品而被捕，并被释放。
在特朗普第二任期开始前，帕克蒂亚瓦尔的背景本会使他成为较低优先级的拘留对象。但特朗普就职后不久颁布的《莱肯·赖利法案》要求移民海关执法局拘留任何因商店行窃等罪名被捕的人。
在3月15日确认帕克蒂亚瓦尔死亡的新闻稿中，移民海关执法局重点提及了刑事指控，这是特朗普政府时期的一种趋势。
新闻稿写道：“有欺诈和盗窃前科的阿富汗刑事非法移民在德克萨斯州医院去世。”
泰德·赫森华盛顿、克里斯蒂娜·库克旧金山、玛丽亚·茨韦特科纽约报道；印第安纳州哈蒙德的P.J.哈夫斯塔特和纽约的本·凯勒曼补充报道；克雷格·蒂姆伯格和苏珊娜·戈德堡编辑
Death rate in ICE immigrant detention centers more than doubles under Trump, Reuters analysis finds
2026-06-17T10:03:02.772Z / https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/death-rate-ice-immigrant-detention-centers-more-than-doubles-under-trump-reuters-2026-06-17/
- Experts raise concerns about medical care, supervision in ICE detention centers
- ICE death records lack critical information – such as medications and emergency response records
- DHS says it is committed to ensuring ‘safe, secure and humane environment’ for detainees
WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) – A Vietnamese man with cardiovascular problems collapsed and died in the “Speedway Slammer,” the repurposed Indiana maximum-security prison that’s become a symbol of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. In a Pennsylvania detention center, a Chinese man who had previously attempted suicide was found hanging in the shower. In a New York facility, a Honduran man with an elevated heart rate and tremors from alcohol withdrawal died in his cell with no emergency care.
These men are among 50 people who have died in U.S. immigration detention since President Donald Trump launched his mass deportation campaign in January 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement records show.
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Between 2009 and 2024, U.S. immigration facilities had one death annually for every 3,848 detainees, based on the facilities’ average daily population, a Reuters analysis of ICE data found. That rate has more than doubled since Trump returned to office, reaching about one death for every 1,630 people based on preliminary data through early June.
The data analyzed by Reuters was obtained by the Deportation Data Project through a public records request and processed by the Vera Institute of Justice, a nonprofit organization that advocates for lower incarceration rates.
The causes of detainee deaths can be complex and do not necessarily stem from neglect or abuse by detention-center administrators. But three experts in detention deaths who reviewed ICE records and autopsies for Reuters said the rising rate and other data points raised concerns about the quality of supervision and medical care in detention centers that have seen their populations balloon under Trump.
The population rose in the last year of Democrat Joe Biden’s administration, which stepped up enforcement amid election-year criticism. ICE held about 40,000 immigrants when Trump took office, up from a Biden-era low of about 14,000 in February 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Under Trump, the number shot up to about 70,000 at its January peak, during a major crackdown in Minneapolis, before falling back to about 57,000 as of early June.
Twenty-one of the 50 deaths were discovered after the detainee was deceased or unresponsive, ICE records show. These cases, which included 10 suicides, are especially concerning, because they could reflect a lack of physical- and mental-health oversight and timely care, said Sanjay Basu, an associate physician at the University of California, San Francisco, who has studied ICE detention deaths, one of the three experts who reviewed the data and records for Reuters.
Heart attacks and cardiovascular issues accounted for 16 deaths, which the medical experts said suggested potential problems with initial health screenings and chronic-disease management.
Chanelle Diaz, an assistant professor of medicine at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, said the data and records show the agency is choosing to imprison medically vulnerable people, resulting in a “spike in preventable deaths.”
“The system is not designed for chronic-care management,” Diaz said, noting that at least two detainees who died had dementia and posed no risk to the public.
The Department of Homeland Security did not provide detailed records of the Trump-era deaths reviewed by Reuters. The agency said that it was committed to ensuring a “safe, secure and humane” environment in detention.
“Comprehensive medical care is provided from the moment individuals arrive and throughout the entirety of their stay,” DHS spokesperson Lauren Bis said in a statement to Reuters.
QUESTIONS ABOUT TIMELY MEDICAL CARE
Part of the difficulty in determining the factors driving the death rate stems from the scant detail in the Trump administration detention-death reports reviewed by Reuters and the three experts.
The administration’s reports contain less detail on the circumstances surrounding each death than previously. Many omitted critical information such as the detainee’s medical history, medications, and emergency-response details, the experts said.
Michele Heisler, medical director at nonprofit Physicians for Human Rights, singled out the ICE death report on Santos Reyes Banegas, a Honduran man who died in the Nassau County Correctional Center on Long Island, New York, last September.
ICE said in the report that during intake at 11:22 a.m. on September 17, 2025, a nurse noted symptoms of alcohol withdrawal. Two hours later, a doctor who evaluated him said he was experiencing tremors and prescribed medications for withdrawal.
The report, however, doesn’t specify any particular medicine or confirm the medicines were administered. At 6:25 a.m. the following day, Reyes was found unresponsive in his cell and was declared dead 20 minutes later, the ICE report said.
Heisler said timely care in a hospital setting can greatly reduce life-threatening risks from withdrawal. “It raises the question of why wasn’t he immediately sent to an emergency department,” she said.
DHS said the death remains under investigation but “the preliminary cause appears to be liver failure complicated by alcoholism.”
An investigation by the New York State attorney general’s office found that the officer on duty did not cause Reyes’ death, a spokesperson for the office said.
SCREAMING FOR HELP; WAITING 15 MINUTES
Tuan Van Bui, a 55-year-old Vietnamese man, arrived on November 19 at the so-called Speedway Slammer, the Trump administration’s nickname for the Miami Correctional Facility in Bunker Hill, Indiana.
Bui, who suffered a stroke in late 2023, had been prescribed medication for high blood pressure and cholesterol last August, soon after he was detained, an ICE report said.
In February, Bui filed a federal court petition in Indiana seeking his release, saying he walked with a cane and detention was causing “his health to worsen.”
On the first day of his second term, Trump rescinded Biden-era guidance instructing ICE to consider mitigating factors before detaining immigrants, including their age, health, role as a family provider or military or public service.
In March, a physician diagnosed Bui with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, an ICE report said, without providing further details.
A week later, on April 1, Bui collapsed.
Fellow detainees screamed at a nearby guard for help, three detainees told Reuters.
Iraqi detainee Ibrahim Ibrahim started performing CPR, using skills he learned as a translator during the Iraq War, he said in a phone interview.
It took about 15 minutes for a guard to arrive, Ibrahim and the other two detainees said. Medical staff arrived 10 minutes after that.
It was too late. Ibrahim felt no pulse.
“By the time medical came, he was dead,” Ibrahim said.
Federal immigration detention standards call for a four-minute medical-emergency response time. When asked by Reuters, Bis, the DHS spokesperson, did not provide a specific response time in Bui’s case but said staff “immediately initiated” life-saving measures and “immediately contacted emergency services personnel, who swiftly responded.”
The Indiana Department of Correction, which manages the facility, referred questions to ICE.
The ICE report on Bui’s death said that detention center staff initiated CPR, started defibrillation, and called emergency medical services before a supervising physician declared Bui dead around 6 p.m. The report did not mention Ibrahim providing CPR first.
The local coroner attributed Bui’s death to natural causes related to cardiovascular disease.
Ly Wang, Bui’s stepdaughter, said his family had been preparing for the possibility that he would be sent to Vietnam.
“The worst case scenario for us was that he was going to get deported,” she said, “not that he was going to die.”
PATIENT SHOULD BE MONITORED FOR SUICIDE RISK
Early morning on August 5 at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Pennsylvania, staff discovered the body of Chinese immigrant Chaofeng Ge hanging in a shower stall.
Ge, 32, had been transferred to the center less than a week earlier after spending seven months incarcerated pending trial on charges of fraud involving $154.62 in gift cards, court records show.
Ge crossed the U.S. border with Mexico illegally in 2023, according to ICE. He had been working as a New York City delivery driver, his brother Yanfeng Ge said through a translator.
Records from the Dauphin County Prison in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where Ge was held on fraud charges, show he attempted suicide by hanging on January 25 last year. A summary from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where he was given emergency care after the attempt, noted: “Patient should be monitored for suicidal ideation/plan.”
Two days later, a social worker at the prison reported that Ge showed signs of depression and bipolar disorder in a suicide-risk assessment. A psychiatrist assessed Ge at the prison and prescribed an antipsychotic drug and later an antidepressant.
Tom Weber, CEO of PrimeCare Medical, which provided medical services at Dauphin County Prison, said the facility had supplied the records to ICE when Ge was transferred to its custody. Reuters could not independently confirm the records were delivered.
ICE said in a press release on Ge’s death that he arrived without medical records from his previous incarceration. The agency said in its death report that when Ge arrived at the Moshannon Valley immigration detention center, a nurse performing an intake interview through an interpreter recorded that he had no past medical or mental health conditions or current prescriptions and put him in the general population.
The central Pennsylvania pathologist who performed the autopsy on Ge also noted a history of psychiatric problems in his report.
The GEO Group, a private company contracted to run the Moshannon center, directed questions to ICE.
SPEAKING ILL OF THE DEAD
Mohammad Paktiawal was detained by ICE on March 13 in a Dallas suburb while taking five of his six children to school. That same day, Paktiawal, 41, was transferred to hospital for shortness of breath and chest pain, according to the ICE death report.
The next morning at breakfast, hospital staff noticed his tongue was swollen and gave him an allergy medication. They began life-saving actions three minutes later before pronouncing him dead, according to the ICE death record.
The experts in detention deaths consulted by Reuters found nothing in ICE records released so far to suggest the agency’s emergency response was lacking.
Three months later, however, his family still awaits answers from ICE and the Dallas County medical examiner on the cause of death, said his brother, Naseer Paktiawal.
A former Afghan special forces soldier, Paktiawal had been evacuated with his family by the U.S. military during the Taliban takeover in 2021 and had applied for asylum, Naseer said. He was the sole family provider and worked at a local Afghan market, he said.
In September, Paktiawal was indicted for improper use of $200 or more in federal food stamps for business purposes, a felony. Two months later, he was arrested for attempted theft of about $220 worth of groceries, records show, and released.
Before Trump’s second term, Paktiawal’s background would have made him a lower priority for detention. But the Laken Riley Act, enacted shortly after Trump took office, required ICE to detain anyone arrested for shoplifting and other crimes.
In a press release confirming Paktiawal’s death on March 15, ICE focused on the criminal charges, a trend under the Trump administration.
It read: “Criminal illegal alien from Afghanistan with previous arrests for fraud and theft passes away at Texas hospital.”
Reporting by Ted Hesson in Washington, Kristina Cooke in San Francisco and Maria Tsvetkova in New York; Additional reporting by P.J. Huffstutter in Hammond, Indiana, and Ben Kellerman in New York; Editing by Craig Timberg and Suzanne Goldenberg
