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The number of immigrants who have died while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody has reached an all-time high this fiscal year.
Twenty-nine people have died in ICE custody since October, the start of the federal government's fiscal year, already surpassing 2004's toll of 28, the previous record, according to government data. There are about 60,000 people currently in immigration detention.
Adelanto ICE Processing Center in Adelanto, Calif., and the number of immigrants who have died while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody has reached an all-time high this fiscal year. Twenty-nine people have died in ICE custody since October, the start of the federal government's fiscal year, already surpassing 2004's toll of 28, the previous record, according to government data.
on the evening of April 16, Carbonell-Betancourt was found unresponsive in his cell on the morning of April 12. The report lists the cause of death as a'presumed suicide,' but the official cause remains under investigation. The report said Carbonell-Betancourt entered the United States in 2024 without valid documents and later released into the U.S. via a program known as parole, which allows noncitizens to enter the country without a formal visa, often for humanitarian reasons. He was arrested for resisting an officer with violence in 2025, and then transferred into ICE custody earlier this year, according to the ICE release.
The rise in deaths comes as detention numbers have skyrocketed during the Trump administration. Detentions are up more than 70% under President Donald Trump compared to the first year of the Biden administration. The Trump administration has carried out an unprecedented crackdown on immigration. Immigration officers have arrested and detained criminals in the country illegally, as well as many people without a criminal record and some migrants who are in the country with temporary protections from deportation.
In a statement to NPR, DHS denied there's been a spike in deaths and attributed the increase to the large number of people in detention. DHS said as of April 16,'death rates in custody under the Trump administration are 0.009% of the detained population.''For many illegal aliens this is the best healthcare they have received their entire lives,' the statement said. The statement went on to encourage detainees to self-deport.'Being in detention is a choice. We encourage all illegal aliens to take control of their departure with the CBP Home App,' the statement said.
also on Thursday, acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said there are a high number of deaths this fiscal year'because we do have the highest amount in detention that ICE has ever had since its inception in 2003.' Lyons added that the agency spent'almost half a billion dollars last fiscal year … to ensure that people have proper care.' He reiterated details noted by other DHS officials: that detainees get a complete physical within 14 days and are seen by a medical professional within 24 hours of being admitted. 'No death is what we want. We don't want anyone to die in custody,' Lyons, who handed in his resignation
When asked how many people were still working in the Office of Detention Oversight, he was not able to provide a number. Lyons was also asked about the delay in public reporting and tracking detainee deaths. On April 13, Georgia Democratic Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock sent a letter to Lyons and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin raising concern over the rising number of detainee deaths and noted that of the 49 deaths in custody at the time since January 2025,'ICE has issued an interim death notice within 48 hours in only 15 cases' and argued that reports contained less details. 'We are reporting. We are working on that timeline,' Lyons said during the House hearing, agreeing that the detainee death reports were considered essential work even during the agency's funding lapse.
Rotten food, disease, isolation. What we know about conditions at the Adelanto ICE detention center LAist's Julia Barajas reports on detainee experiences at Adelanto and how California lawmakers are trying to enforce accountability.
One of the deaths at Camp East Montana was ruled a homicide by the El Paso County Medical Examiner's Office. Initially, DHS said that Geraldo Lunas Campos had died in Camp East Montana after experiencing'medical distress.' It also claimed Lunas Campos had become'disruptive while in line for medication' and was placed in segregation. But later, the El Paso Medical Examiner's Office ruled his death a homicide due to'asphyxia due to neck and torso compression.' The FBI is now investigating the death.
Chris Benoit, an attorney representing the family, told NPR Lunas Campos came to the U.S. in the mid-1990s as part of a wave of Cubans immigrants during the'For all sense and purposes he is an American,' Benoit said.'He's lived here for decades and raised his family here and his kids love him and miss him.' According to DHS, Lunas Campos had been convicted of multiple crimes, including petty larceny, unlawful possession of a weapon during a robbery, and sexual contact with a child under 11. In a court petition seeking eyewitness testimony, Lunas Campos' three children said they planned to file a wrongful death lawsuit.
This is a strain of Candida auris cultured in a petri dish at a laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It's a form of yeast that can harm humans — and is resistant to the most common antifungal drugs.
Combatting bacterial and viral infections is getting tougher because of their growing resistance to drugs. Antibiotic drugs can no longer be counted on to conquer nasty bacteria. Antivirals don't always overpower the viruses. This is a huge problem but it is one that widely acknowledged and researched.
Fungicides are used to protect plants against fungal disease. Everything — watermelons, maize, wheat, flowers — use lots of fungicides. If we didn't use the fungicides, you'd probably have a yield loss maybe of 30% or 40%. The problem is that the fungicides are quite similar to the drugs we give to patients. So the fungus becomes resistant to the fungicide and, at the same time, our medical azoles do not work as well anymore.
Combatting bacterial and viral infections is getting tougher because of their growing resistance to drugs. Antibiotic drugs can no longer be counted on to conquer nasty bacteria. Antivirals don't always overpower the viruses. This is a huge problem but it is one that widely acknowledged and researched., professor of clinical mycology at Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. He says there's a'silence surge' in drug-resistant fungi and that it's mostly happening under-the-radar. -- you need very, very strict infection control measures in hospitals, you need good diagnostics, good infection control, you have to follow-up with patients and that's just not available in these lower- middle-income countries,' he says.'People will die, and you won't know they have a fungal infection. You wouldn't know if it was resistant.'
Verweij teamed up with 50 scientists around the world – from Brazil to Nigeria to China — to call for action against drug‑resistant fungi in NPR spoke with Verweij, who's been working on this issue for more than 20 years. His interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Fungicides are used to protect plants against fungal disease. Everything — watermelons, maize, wheat, flowers — use lots of fungicides. If we didn't use the fungicides, you'd probably have a yield loss maybe of 30% or 40%. The problem is that the fungicides are quite similar to the drugs we give to patients. So the fungus becomes resistant to the fungicide and, at the same time, our medical azoles do not work as well anymore. The fungi which cause disease in humans are not causing disease in plants. So this is an unintended effect.
So the molds – the hairy fungi – have spores which are released into the air. These spores travel long distances. It's not really well-understood but the idea is that they go right up to these jet streams, very high into the atmosphere and then can travel for continents. We inhale the spores all the time.
With fungi you have two types of infections. First, we have very severe infections, and they usually occur in patients who have some kind of defect in their immunity. So, yeast found in the bloodstream or mold in the lungs. Second, we have infections of the skin, the hair and the nails, which are irritating but are not life threatening.
study in the Netherlands, and we found that if you compare an infection and where it's resistant. There's about a 20% difference in mortality — you're 20% more likely to die. So that's a significant impact. And there's the new skin disease where you don't have mortality but we've had patients who have been on treatment for four years and are still suffering from the infection.
The main challenge is that fungi, if you look at the cell structure — how they are built up — it's very similar to the human cell. This is different from bacteria, because bacteria are much simpler. And viruses are even more simple because they don't even have a cell. For fungi, because they're similar to human cells, it's quite difficult to find a drug which kills the fungus but does not harm the human cell. So in the past 75 years, we have developed only five classes of antifungals. The azoles are, by far, the most important. The problem is that if you can't use one of these classes then maybe you'll have one alternative left. It's already causing problems. For instance, if the fungus is in the brain, you have a very few drugs which actually get into the brain.
At a mycology meeting we found a global community who wanted to collaborate . For example, you really want to know what people are using and see if you can reduce that or if there's any unnecessary use. Another important factor is: If you introduce new fungicides, they undergo an assessment to see their impact on human fungal pathogens. It's important to establish if there's a risk for cross resistance.
in 2022 for the first time — that had a major impact. A decade ago, when the World Health Organization came out with itsagainst antimicrobial resistance, fungi were only mentioned twice. Now, after 10 years, it is being revised. And as a mycology community, we feel it is really important now that fungi are addressed. The problem is, in fungi, we need to do the basic stuff: Develop the tools. Do the surveillance. Set up the networks. And it's sometimes difficult to get these basic things funded.
Live Nation owns, operates or works with hundreds of venues across the country. It also manages artists, promotes concerts, books tours and owns Ticketmaster, which is one of the largest ticketing companies in the world.
Several artists and organizers NPR spoke with say they don't expect to see any immediate changes in the live music industry — but they see this is a first step in the right direction.
that Live Nation engaged in anticompetitive practices that stifle competition and harm the live music industry. The verdict marked a major victory for more than two dozen states in the
Live Nation owns, operates or works with hundreds of venues across the country. It also manages artists, promotes concerts, books tours and owns Ticketmaster, which is one of the largest ticketing companies in the world. Throughout the trial, an attorney representing 33 states and the District of Columbia argued that Live Nation wielded too much power over the industry at the expense of fans, venues and artists. Live Nation repeatedly denied those accusations, but the jury ultimately sided with the states, declaring that the company had an unfair dominance in the industry. Afterward, Live Nation issued a statement saying the verdict’is not the last word on this matter' and pointed to several pending motions that the court still has to rule on. The company said it plans to appeal any'unfavorable rulings.' Several artists and organizers NPR spoke with say they don't expect to see any immediate changes in the live music industry — but they see this is a first step in the right direction.
Having this scale of a win is a huge development for artists.Downtown Boys member and UMAW co-founder Joey La Neve DeFrancescoon the music industry, DeFrancesco founded the United Musicians and Allied Workers , a grassroots union advocating for the wellbeing of artists. Since then, the group has organized campaigns focused on increasing streaming royalties, merchandising payouts and SXSW payment rates for musicians. DeFrancesco says UMAW heavily supported the antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation and was closely monitoring the trial.'s boycott of Ticketmaster in the early 1990s.
'It remains to be seen what the judge is going to do with this verdict — if we're going to truly break apart this Live Nation-Ticketmaster monopoly. But having this scale of a win is a huge development for artists,'
There’s an increased emphasis on touring and merch sales to make up the difference. But artists NPR spoke with say the rising costs of transportation, lodging, food and other factors required to put on shows are creating an untenable situation. Conor Murphy is a St. Louis, Mo. based musician who spent more than a decade as the lead vocalist of the emo band. Murphy says there’s a multitude of reasons for the break, but one of the leading factors is how financially unsustainable it’s become to be a full-time musician. He says it’s especially frustrating, then, to see fanson concert tickets. .
He says he and his wife Naomi Yang recently sold out three performances in London, and still ended up in the negative. 'Three nights at our favorite club, sold out, and we lost money because expenses are so high right now,' he says.'It's not the club's fault. We love that club and they're transparent about money and everything. It's not the fans' fault. But it's like, if you're charging normal money at a decent, normal club, it's not adding up right now.'
Krukowski says he thinks the problem is a wider consolidation of power across the industry — that includes Live Nation, but also extends to streaming giants and recorded music companies. He says the industry looks completely different today than it did when he started playing music in Boston in the 1980s. 'We used to have such a wide variety of partners to work with as independent artists. We had venues that were independently owned. We had record stores that were independently owned,' he says.'We had a network on the radio that was community and college radio stations, and we had a way of touring that didn't depend on these huge companies that are backed by enormous capital.'
Aconducted by the National Independent Venue Association found that 64% of independent venues, promoters and festivals were not profitable in 2024. It's a win for the fans and the artists that have suffered under Live Nation for way too long.
Stephen Parker, executive director of the National Independent Venue Association Stephen Parker, executive director of NIVA, tells NPR that the verdict is incredibly meaningful at a time when so many venues are struggling. 'It's not just a win for the states. It's a win for the small businesses and nonprofits that I represent,' he says.'It's a win for the fans and the artists that have suffered under Live Nation for way too long.' In past statements to NPR, Live Nation has said that it promotes thousands of shows in independent venues across the country.
Having two major venues with over 3,500 capacity have beenin the city since the pandemic; one is operated by Live Nation and the other is owned by a partner of AEG Presents, which is Live Nation's biggest competitor. But small clubs and independent venues with much lower capacities 'That means that my friends who play adventurous, independent music or improvised music have nowhere to play in Boston. So they don't,' he says.'They go on tour and they don't play here.'
Scott Mohler is executive director and co-founder of the Maine Music Alliance. He says the verdict comes at a crucial moment for the group’s ongoing battle against Live Nation. 'This is incredible legitimacy added to what I think a lot of people have thought are just a bunch of hippies and hipsters shouting about the corporation for the past year,' he says.'I do think that it's going to certainly create more engagement and the council will be hearing from voices that they hadn't heard from before.'
Rose says they’ve been avoiding working with Live Nation as much as possible in recent years. They say the verdict is'a pretty amazing milestone' for now, but they're curious about what will actually happen next. 'We'll see how it pans out. I have a general distrust that things ever turn out in artists' favor,' Rose says, laughing.'We've just been burned so many times.'
exclusively on Bandcamp and in physical format. Since then, they've been focused on smaller solo tours in independent venues across the country. They say playing intimate rooms creates an incredibly rewarding, almost spiritual connection with the audience — and they say it's been refreshing to focus on those interpersonal connections rather than constantly trying to size up to the next biggest possible venue. 'By far, the most positive and nourishing experience has been working with the venue staff and the promoters that work at these independent clubs,' Rose says.'It's a totally different type of show and a totally different type of experience, as opposed to when you get into the bigger rooms and you have better sound systems and maybe there's not a bathroom with no seats on the toilets anymore. But I do think it's important to pay homage to those venues and actively support them and treat them with respect.'
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A coalition of community activists and supporters held a vigil Thursday evening near the Home Depot on Century Boulevard to acknowledge those who were detained by masked agents earlier this year.
A coalition of community activists and supporters held a vigil Thursday evening near the Home Depot on Century Boulevard to acknowledge those who were detained by masked agents earlier this year., a grassroots organization founded in 2018 to address issues affecting Inglewood residents, where about 25 people gathered in the parking lot with flowers, candles and signs that read, “Boycott Home Depot” and “Inglewood Unidos.”
to demand stronger protections for immigrant families and more accountability from city leaders in the wake of ongoing federal immigration enforcement. A coalition of community activists and supporters held a vigil Thursday evening near the Home Depot on Century Boulevard to acknowledge those who were detained by masked agents earlier this year., a grassroots organization founded in 2018 to address issues affecting Inglewood residents, where about 25 people gathered in the parking lot with flowers, candles and signs that read, “Boycott Home Depot” and “Inglewood Unidos.” Each person briefly talked about why they came to the vigil. “As a customer of Home Depot, I am outraged. We have normalized racial profiling on this parking lot,” Mars Marvilla said during the vigil. She told The LA Local that she now helps patrol the area near Home Depot when she’s driving for a rideshare company.
to demand stronger protections for immigrant families and more accountability from city leaders in the wake of ongoing federal immigration enforcement. “With this policy, we’re hoping that the city would be more welcoming to not just residents, but to all the people who will be coming to Inglewood for major events like the World Cup, the Super Bowl and the Olympics,” Gonzalez told The LA Local.
A coalition of community activists and supporters held a vigil Thursday evening near the Home Depot on Century Boulevard to acknowledge those who were detained by masked agents earlier this year.The coalition is also encouraging residents to participate in know-your-rights workshops, rapid-response networks and demonstrations intended to show solidarity with those impacted.
where masked federal agents detained workers outside a Superior Grocers construction site. The coalition of activists, including the Hill Network, said they have since tracked dozens of detentions in and around Inglewood, including near day labor hubs and retail centers.
“On January 13, 2026, our cousin was taken under false from Inglewood,” said Maritza Medina, an Inglewood resident. “Since then, I’ve committed myself to be more involved in our city and be as supportive as I can.” The LA Local reached out to Inglewood Mayor James Butts for a response to ING Fellowship’s week of action but received no response.
The Inglewood For All Act also signals a growing grassroots movement, where community patrols, advocacy groups and informal networks have taken on the role of documenting enforcement activity and supporting affected families — even without formal backing from the city. “This is just the start of this,” Gonzalez said during the vigil. “It’s an election year, and we’re hoping there is change.”
A protest at Inglewood City Hall took also place Friday after months of trying to meet with city officials, ING Fellowship said.
Los Angeles Public Library map librarian Peter Hauge clutches a fistful of maps of South Africa as he adds them to the Central Library's map collection.
The Los Angeles Public Library system has received a massive donation of maps, which its map librarian says has probably increased the entire collection by 30% to 40%.
The new additions include thousands of maps from almost every country in the world as well as every state and almost every county in the United States.: The donation comes from a man named Bill Hunt who was the founder of a now defunct map distribution company called Map Link. Hunt is a prolific traveler and map collector and wanted to offload his collection.: The maps will be sorted and added to the Central Library collection over the next year. It will take time to catalog and index them, but many are available for public view now.
The Los Angeles Public Library system is known for more than just books. You can check out tools and computers. And it even has a recording studio. They’ve got fire insurance maps spanning Los Angeles; old maps detailing curiosities like an alligator farm or an ostrich farm in L.A. County; copies of the Ord Survey, the first formal land survey of the city from 1849. A recent donation has added thousands of maps from the region and all over the world to the collection.
The new addition came from the collection of Bill Hunt, the founder of the now defunct Santa Barbara-based map distributor Hunt is also an avid collector and traveler. His collection, consisting of hundreds of boxes of well preserved and carefully catalogued maps, took up an entire storage space in Ventura. Hunt got in touch with the Los Angeles Public Library in November to offload some of his collection. The library brought them in starting in January.
“It was said that John Feathers’ collection doubled our map collection,” LAPL’s map librarian Peter Hauge said. “I would say this Map Link donation probably boosted us again by another 30 or 40%. It is absolutely massive.”
Many of the new maps will be housed in the history and genealogy department of the Central Library, located on lower level four. There they’ll be accessible to all Angelenos, no library card required for viewing.
Hauge said the donation, global in scope, helps to fill out the library’s own collection. For example, the library now has 12 new maps from different time periods and regions of Senegal, building on its much smaller, previous collection. “That was really the most exciting part of it,” Hauge said. “The quality and the scope of the maps I think is what made it so much more important and valuable.” The donations span pretty much every country in the world and just about every type of map you can think of. “ This collection has folded maps, travel maps, street guides from the entire United States, just about every county, from every state in the country,” Hauge said.
Many of the new maps are already available for the public to access. However, Hauge said it'll take at least a year before the entire trove is added to the collection, and even longer for them to be properly cataloged and indexed. These maps are lenses to the world and the past. Hauge said people come to the map library for all sorts of reasons. Some are writers looking to accurately describe what the transportation system was like in Los Angeles. Others are residents looking for the history of their neighborhoods and how they developed.
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