A 45-year-old Venezuelan man has died while in federal immigration custody in Georgia, becoming the 22nd person to die in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody this year.
Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva passed away on Monday morning during a transfer between detention facilities, according to a report by The Guardian.
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ICE officials said Arenas-Silva was arrested last Thursday and held at the privately operated Irwin County Detention Center.
He was being transferred to the Folkston ICE Processing Center when staff found him unresponsive on a transport bus.
Cardiac arrest is the suspected cause of death.
Recent Deaths Raise Concerns
This incident comes as the Department of Homeland Security faces mounting pressure over its enforcement methods.
Three other individuals have died during DHS enforcement operations within the past week alone.
Last week, an ICE official shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas.
Additionally, Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero was shot and killed by ICE officials in Maine this week.
On Tuesday morning, another man died during an ICE enforcement operation when he was struck by a semi-truck while fleeing officials.
Records show Arenas-Silva entered the United States in 2021 and was encountered by border patrol in California shortly after.
In April, an immigration judge in Atlanta ordered his removal to Venezuela. ICE officers arrested him last week during a targeted enforcement action in Dallas, Georgia.
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