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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment (www.motherjones.com)

submitted 1 month ago by HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to c/news@lemmy.world

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During the second Trump administration, the population of migrants held at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities has exploded—from below 40,000 in January 2025 to over 73,000 today. Under the law, ICE is required to provide necessary medical care for this population.

While ICE employs some of its own medical staff, it often uses third-party providers. ICE’s Buffalo Federal Detention Facility, for example, houses over 500 detainees and has no doctor or dentist on staff.

ICE, however, has not paid any third-party providers for medical care for detainees since October 3, 2025. Last week, ICE posted a notice on an obscure government website announcing it will not begin processing such claims until at least April 30. Until then, medical providers are instructed “to hold all claims submissions.”

ICE’s failure to pay its bills for months has caused some medical providers to deny services to ICE detainees, an administration source who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press told Popular Information. In other cases, detainees have allegedly been denied essential medical care by ICE.

In lawsuits, numerous ICE detainees with severe illnesses allege that they cannot obtain treatment. For example, Viera Reyes, a detainee being held at ICE’s California City Detention Facility, has symptoms and test results that suggest he has prostate cancer.

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[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

ICE is ultimately responsible for any deaths in their custody because once you arrest someone, YOU are responsible for their health and safety until you either release them or hand them over to another legal jurisdiction.

You are also responsible for the actions of your contractors, since you hired and paid them. "Keep them warm, keep them fed, and don't let them die" is an absurdly low bar for any contractor to carry out.