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Newsweek
March 20, 2026

Teen Found Dead in Florida ICE Detention Sparks Investigation
By Billal Rahman


The number of people held in ICE detention has also climbed to historically high levels. Data from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) reports that the agency is holding around 70,000 individuals in custody as of mid-January 2026, compared with about 32,743 in late August 2023 and roughly 37,782 on January 13, 2024.


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