WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, joined U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and 20 other Senate Democrats in sounding the alarm on the dramatic increase in deaths in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with over 30 deaths since the start of the Trump Administration. In a letter (https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2026-02-13%20Letter%20to%20DHS%20ICE%20re%20Deaths%20in%20Detention.pdf) to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and ICE senior official Todd Lyons, the Senators condemned the deaths of si...