Are we arguing? you can’t agree whether the conditions are inhumane? or what’s your point here? Here’s some basic common sense: whether conditions are “humane” depends on perspective. The thing is conditions can be “inhumane” WITHOUT people dying. The fact there ARE reported deaths alludes to how severe things have gotten. “Inhumane conditions” is a fair assumption considering massive overcrowding (56k detained vs capacity ~23k). If ur too lazy to source info, just chatgbt it lol
You have literally one source that one random guy said it was overcrowded and you somehow drew the conclusion that people died from inhumane conditions in there? I really am open, but that seems kinda stupid to me. Give me literally any actual evidence and I’d be happy to agree with you.
some other evidence is the spike in deaths from 2024 to 2025. For the total year of 2024, it was 12. For 2025, it is already 13. Because of the huge increase, there’s too much stress on the system to maintain humane conditions. The inhumane condition is the overcrowding. Just forcing thousands of people into unsafe, unsanitary, and under-resourced facilities is enough to be concerning and deadly
not mention ICE largely investigates itself. reports of abuse and neglect rarely lead to consequences if the US is even serious about HUMANE immigration policy, it should shift away from mass detention & towards community-based case management. canada and many countries in europe use these models more successfully and with FAR fewer deaths
There are more deaths because there are more people being detained, so that’s not a great argument. UK and Canada have a very small amount of people being held so obviously they would have less deaths. Obviously people should have access to decent medical care but you don’t know who’s just trying to cause issues while being detained in hopes of getting out somehow. So it’s a tough thing to manage. Not to mention the cost of it.
Wait… I see your point. More important than the death numbers are HOW people die, that’s why you said autopsies. so the overcrowding increased by 140% but the death count from 12-13 between 2024 to 2025 is an 8% increase, not 140% Sooo the numbers aren’t proportional, though we still have months left in 2025. That medical neglect due to the system being clogged is still increasing risk, even if death counts haven’t exploded yet. let me find something about the 13 who have died so far
For the 13 of 2025: (2 suicides. caused by inhumane conditions, lack of care) (1 aortic aneurysm, caused by care delays in transport & custody) (10 cases pending review) You have to remember, ICE detaining is technically a civil administrative system, not a punitive one. It should be distinct from incarceration. “sounds like a normal prison” won’t work as an arguing point. It’s sometimes worse, bc there’s no fixed sentence or even guaranteed legal representation
Agreed, not everyone can get a full body work-up. a 68-year-old man w/ hypertension, Abelardo Delgado, had flagged risk factors at intake. He was in a wheelchair, confused & undermedicated in jail before being transferred, suggesting issues went undetected. detained people are 100% at the mercy of the system for survival, for medical care & safety. we agree, it’s unrealistic BECAUSE we are cramming them in there. It’s not a matter of IF they die of inhumane conditions, it’s how many more
let’s agree even more. Im putting out for you. let’s agree the sheer numbers of people who have illegally immigrated have put tremendous strain on the ICE detaining system. Is it still realistic to detain all of them? Do we have any other options? Could we scale up methods that other countries are employing? Could we improve judicial oversight so ICE doesn’t investigate itself? even if we didnt care about human suffering, these improvements could at least be more cost-efficient in the long run
I mean I can’t even agree on the first 3, you can’t prove that 2 suicides are because of ‘inhumane conditions,’ there could’ve been literally a million other reasons they killed themselves. Also aortic aneurysms post rupture are pretty much impossible to save people from, even with insanely high quality care.
the point isn't that ICE should have saved him during the rupture. It's that he showed signs of poor health well before the event (wheelchair-bound, confused, hypertensive), and still got medically cleared for a long transfer in the back of a van. The suicides are proof of a pattern of deteriorating mental health. suicide prevention is not actually luxury care... do you still think the conditions are humane? was there anything we did actually agree on or what
There could’ve been a million factors why they milled themselves, but I doubt it was because of the ‘inhumane conditions’. Likely they couldn’t handle the thought of being deported, or maybe they have issues to that would’ve been worse to deal with in the country of origin, there’s no way to know so you can’t blame it on ice.
And I agree with you. The system cannot handle the numbers, so an alternate system needs to be in place to only handle immigration. Pretty much what ICE is doing right now; however, I doubt agree they need more oversight to ensure they are doing everything possible to keep people that don’t deserve to be there out, and to keep people are there healthy and safe.
common ground is the system overload. If we agreed to extent do humane conditions include due process rights/proper access to medical care, then we’d agree whether conditions are humane. leave defining “humane” up to arguing over semantics, who wants to suffer through more text than necessary doubting the need for more oversight is giving too much benefit of the doubt. ICE investigating itself is a glaring conflict of interest. Im regurgitating an earlier point where cases lead nowhere
like I can’t give you more information and have the response be “let’s not jump to conclusions here” where is your qualifying proof against mine other than your doubts? ICE is innocent until proven guilty? the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard only applies to criminal convictions. the evidence already overwhelmingly shows a pattern of neglect where basic rights are repeatedly denied. it’s a compelling pattern & in policy, we often act on patterns, risk, and harm, not courtroom-level proof
No I agree with you, I meant to say ‘do’ instead of doubt’ I’m just saying there’s really no proof inhumane conditions are causing deaths in the detainment centers and it’s a complex issue because the USA really doesn’t have the capacity to give every illegal immigrant a normal trial because it’s been so mismanaged. Mathematically we don’t have the capacity to give them that because the influx is greater than what our system can actually process.
However; they also deserve that, which makes it very complicated. If I were to choose, I think there should be mass deportations without full trials - just very bare minimum and then you have the ability to appeal if you think something was incorrect. But I’m not an expert in any sense, so idk.
I was really runnning off the word “doubt”, that’s crazy. also, you say there’s “no proof” inhumane conditions are causing deaths. I’m done with the ‘inhumane’ argument anyways, we don’t agree with what is considered ‘humane.’ But we do have: - Detainee deaths from treatable illnesses - Suicides in segregation cells without adequate mental health care - People denied emergency care until it was too late - Whistleblowers and inspectors repeatedly flagging the same issues
ik youre not an expert but according to what ive read about it so far, ICE already does that in many cases and it’s led to US citizens being wrongfully detained and families separated with no reunification plan. you don’t need to be an expert to feel that something’s wrong here and since we agree on that, do you want to move on now?