Martin Costi

That's 70 percent higher than when President Trump took office.

But deaths have gone up more to about 30 for the year compared to 11 in 2024.

At Syracuse University, Austin Coker studies the immigration enforcement system, and he's troubled by some clusters of deaths.

ICE says in-custody deaths this year, quote, average less than 1%.

This is the lowest in history, unquote.

But it does not explain how that figure was calculated.

Martin Kosty, NPR News.