The 2024 Homeland Security appropriations bill increased funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations to handle an anticipated daily detainee population of 41,500[1], up from an average of 34,000 in recent years[2].
Yet recent studies have exposed cracks that call into question the agency’s ability to medically care for the detainees it is entrusted with, including inhumane conditions[3], high suicide rates[4], ...