Join Rural Lewis County Indivisibles and the Lewis County Singing Resistance in support of our local WF West HS Students for Sign-waving, Singing, and Music in Centralia, WA.
We will end the government-issued terrorism of our communities by standing together and speaking out with persistence and solidarity!
Deaths in ICE custody are skyrocketing, with 47 people dying in ICE jails in the 15 months since Trump took office.1
Detainees are being denied basic medical care while enduring sweltering temperatures, outbreaks of tuberculosis and measles, filthy drinking water, rotten food, and overflowing toilets.2
At least 33 people died in ICE custody last year — the most ever in a single year. But this year, ICE is on track to nearly double even that horrific death toll.3
Recently, a surprise visit to an Arizona ICE detention center by three members of Congress uncovered “absolutely shameful” overcrowding, with dozens of people “packed like sardines” into tiny cells.4
In addition, a number of deaths have been suspiciously passed off as “suicides,” and in January, a guard choked a prisoner to death in a case ruled a homicide by the county medical examiner.5,6
Enough is enough. It’s time to defund and close Trump’s ICE prisons before any more people die.
Sources:
1. ABC News, “Mexican migrant is 47th person to die in ICE custody during current administration,” April 13, 2026.
2. The New York Times, “Deaths in ICE Custody Are Growing. ‘They Let Him Rot in There.,'” April 2, 2026.
3. NBC News, “14 ICE detainees have died so far in 2026,” March 31, 2026.
4. Truth Out, “Democratic Lawmakers Find Immigrants Stuffed “Like Sardines” in Arizona ICE Jail,” April 10, 2026.
5. The Guardian, “Record deaths in US immigration custody expose systemic failures,” March 21, 2026.
6. NBC News, “ICE detainee’s death ruled a homicide by medical examiner,” January 30, 2026.
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