Four migrants died while in the custody of U.S. immigration authorities during the first 10 days of 2026, according to government statements, following a record number of detention deaths last year under President Donald Trump.

The deaths involved two migrants from Honduras, one from Cuba, and one from Cambodia, and occurred between Jan. 3 and Jan. 9, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The Trump administration is seeking to accelerate deportations and has sharply increased the number of migrants held in detention. As of Jan. 7, ICE data showed the agency was detaining about 69,000 people.

Those numbers are expected to climb further after the U.S. Congress last year approved a major funding increase for ICE.

At least 30 people died in ICE custody in 2025, the highest annual total in two decades, according to agency figures.

Setareh Ghandehari, advocacy director for the Detention Watch Network, called the death toll “truly staggering” and urged the administration to close immigration detention facilities.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said the death rate has remained consistent with historical norms as the detained population has grown.

“As bed space has expanded, we have maintained a higher standard of care than most prisons that hold U.S. citizens, including providing access to proper medical care,” DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said.

The Cuban detainee, Geraldo Lunas Campos, 55, died Jan. 3 at Camp East Montana, a detention site opened by the Trump administration on the grounds of Fort Bliss in Texas.

ICE said it is investigating his death, adding that officials reported Lunas became disruptive and was placed in isolation before being found in medical distress. Emergency responders later pronounced him dead.

Two Honduran men, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, 42, and Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, 68, died Jan. 5 and Jan. 6 at hospitals in Houston and Indio, California, respectively, after heart-related issues, ICE said.

Parady La, a 46-year-old man from Cambodia, died Jan. 9 after experiencing severe drug withdrawal symptoms at the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia, a facility the administration began using last year, ICE said.

The Trump administration has also sharply reduced the number of migrants released from detention on humanitarian grounds, a move critics say has pressured some detainees to accept deportation.

Separately, an ICE officer last week fatally shot a Minnesota mother of three, an incident that sparked protests in Minneapolis and other cities across the country.