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  1. Issue · Sep 17, 2026

    “Prologue to a Farce”: ICE Deaths in Court (opens the original)

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    September 17, 2026Happy pre-FOIA Friday to all who celebrate! A wave of litigation seeking records about deaths in ICE custody is flooding federal courthouses. The cause is a little-noticed policy change that violates the Freedom of Information Act. The result is a calculated delay strategy that hides the agency’s own findings of negligence, abuse, and wrongdoing until the opportunity to prevent future deaths or hold anyone accountable has long passed. There is a simple fix to this state of affa

  2. Issue · Sep 11, 2026

    Reviewing Mortality Reviews (opens the original)

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    September 11, 2026In this video, I share a more detailed analysis of the Mortality Reviews ICE released through FOIA showing fatally deficient medical care of people in custody in 2024. I discuss the specific findings IHSC Mortality reviewers made across facilities, connect those findings to past revelations and current questions about rising mortality, and suggest pathways available to organized opponents of preventable, state-funded death.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="http

  3. Issue · Sep 11, 2026

    EXCLUSIVE: ICE Docs Found Deficient Care Contributed to Four Immigrants’ Deaths in Custody (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Sep 3, 2026

    The Death Policy (2003-202?) (opens the original)

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    Sept. 3, 2026Greetings! In this video, I trace the new reporting from the SF Chronicle about ICE medical officials’ decision to deny care and charged detained people for procedures back to the last big Congressional push to reduce the mortality rates in ICE camps. Thanks for being here.

  5. Issue · Sep 3, 2026

    Emergencies Only (opens the original)

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    September 3, 2026Welcome back. Today we’ll contextualize two new ICE in-custody death stories, I elaborate on my own recent reporting for The Intercept on DHS’s fake Fact Check about a stillbirth in custody last year, and I’ll share what I’ve been up to while I’ve been not posting on Substack this summer. Thank you as always for reading, sharing, and supporting. We’re back on a regular posting schedule for the remainder of the year. <a c

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