Kim Perales

So sad, & preventable:🚨"19-yr-old Royer Perez-Jimenez died in #ICE custody Tues🚨*detained for merging lanes on his scooter."

He💔died on Mar 16 at the Glades County #Detention Cen -a co jail on the W shore of Lake Okeechobee that's long housed IMM detainees & been the subject of allegations of #abuse. Acc to ICE, Perez “died of a presumed suicide,” although his ofcl cause of #death remains under investigation.

#ETTD #Torture #DHS #DeathCamps #Deportations #Protest #USPol
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/mexican-teen-dies-in-ice-custody-in-south-florida-40533174/

Teenager Dies in ICE Detention in South Florida

He appears to be the youngest person to die in ICE custody since the start of President Trump's second term.

Miami New Times
Mar 19 at 4:19pmWeb
Show threadKim Perales2d ago

"A 19-yr-old in #ICE custody💔killed himself inside the Glades Co #detention cen on Mon. That's 13 deaths in ICE detn in 2026🚨-aver 1 every 4 days.

The Biden admin⚡CXL ICE's contract with Glades in 2022, citing egregious violations.🚨Trump restarted it."
-A R-Melnick

13 ppl💔have died in ICE detention <3 months into 2026.

That’s after💔31 ICE detainees died in 2025 *20 yr high.

An Afghan refugee & Mexican teenager are the latest to die in cust.
#ETTD #DHS #Protest #USPol
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-detainee-deaths-two-decade-high-last-year/

ICE custody deaths are at a 2-decade high. An Afghan refugee who helped U.S. forces is one of the latest to die.

Even after accounting for record-high detention populations, the rate of deaths per 10,000 ICE detainees was the highest in 2025 than in any year since the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020.