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ICE stops post-release death reports
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Acting ICE director David Venturella rescinded a 2021 policy requiring ICE to report to Congress and investigate deaths that occurred within 30 days after detainees were released.
- Frame 1David Venturella rescinded ICE's 2021 post-release death rule, cutting Congress reports on newly released detainee deaths.
- Frame 2The old rule covered deaths within 30 days after release, not just deaths inside custody.
- Frame 3The rule targeted a loophole: release a very sick person, then the death falls outside custody counts.
- Frame 4Cases involving brain damage or infection after release put detention health care under scrutiny.
- Frame 5Lawmakers count 49 ICE-custody deaths since the second Trump administration began.
- Frame 6The next oversight test: which deaths stay visible, and which post-release cases disappear from official counts?
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- Jun 5, 6:04 PM EDT
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- Jun 5, 2:54 PM EDT