Deaths of Migrants in ICE Custody Reach Highest Level in 20 Years
Huabing Xie, an undocumented migrant from China, became the latest person to die in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody in fiscal year 2025, after passing away on September 29. His death also brought the total to at least 22 between October 2024 and September 30, 2025, representing the highest number in 20 years. More than half were Latino, and the total includes the two migrants killed by a sniper at an ICE office in Dallas last month. The record for deaths in ICE custody was set in 2004, a year after the immigration agency’s creation. There were 32 reported deaths that year. The following year there were 20, a figure not surpassed again until 2020, during the Covid pandemic, when 21 deaths were recorded, according to government data. The 2025 data reinforces complaints about the inhumane conditions in which detained migrants are held, which have worsened in the last nine months since Donald Trump returned to power.
Solitary Confinement Data Among Raised Concerns Over Immigrant Detention in Louisiana
A little more than 9% of the immigrants detained in Louisiana were placed in solitary confinement between April 2024 and August 2025, according to a new report. The data sheds additional light on how the detained immigrant population fares within the state as some civil rights organizations raise concerns over their welfare. In Louisiana, 1,265 detained immigrants had been placed in solitary confinement during the research window.
From Morocco to Madagascar, Gen Z is Taking Digital Dissent Offline
From Kathmandu to Lima, youth-led uprisings are driving thousands from their screens to the streets, demanding accountability, change and, in some cases, toppling governments. These Gen-Z protesters come from disparate backgrounds and have different demands. But the throughline is clear: Growing inequality and marginalization is destroying young people’s hopes for the future – and the only way forward is to confront a broken social contract head on.
Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in the South American nation, winning recognition as a woman “who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.” The former opposition presidential candidate is a “key, unifying figure” in the once deeply divided opposition to President Nicolás Maduro’s government, said Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee.