Summary
In the past 12 days, three people in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody have died. The incidents have raised concerns about medical care and conditions within ICE detention centers.
Key Facts
- Three individuals in ICE custody died in a 12-day period, according to ICE news releases.
- A 67-year-old Jordanian man named Hasan Ali Moh'D Saleh died from cardiac arrest in a Miami hospital on October 11.
- Saleh had underlying health conditions, including heart disease and diabetes.
- ICE had encountered Saleh several times since he first entered the U.S. in 1994.
- Saleh was ordered removed from the U.S. in 2020 but was detained again in September 2025.
- A 34-year-old Mexican national, Leo Cruz-Silva, died on October 4 in Missouri; ICE noted the death as a likely suicide.
- Cruz-Silva had a history of multiple arrests and removals from the U.S. since 2010.
- Another detainee, Huabing Xie from China, died on September 29 in California after a reported seizure.
