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ICE is struggling to hire doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health workers after a surge in detainee deaths. medical negligence suit,
online job listing As of Monday, at least 45 vacancies appeared within the agency’s health services corps, ranging from dental hygienists to psychiatric nurse practitioners to medical risk managers and data scientists.
One ad calls for a physician to travel between multiple detention facilities, “providing direct patient care during ICE removal missions and DHS operations, including emergency response and medical observation in austere environments.”
A psychiatric provider said, “ICE provides psychiatric care to detainees, including assessment, treatment planning, medication management, and crisis intervention.”
recruitment drive, First reported by politico, comes after Multiple lawsuits allege that ICE failed to provide proper medical care For those it detains, authorities hold prisoners in rapidly constructed temporary detention centers. The race to complete Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign,
Last week, Washington Representative Pramila Jayapal, the ranking Democrat on the House subcommittee that oversees ICE, Said Since Trump took power, 20 people have died in its custody. That’s almost the same as the entire Biden presidency — though still low as a percentage of the total number of people detained.

Experts say the huge increase in detentions under Trump increases the risk of unsafe conditions in ICE detention centers, which already faces allegations, including Sexual Exploitation, medical negligenceand even forced sterilization, Dating as far back as 2025.
“Compared to populations traditionally seen in the immigration system, the level of trauma and psychological distress of people caught in this new kidnapping machine will be much higher,” said former U.S. Public Health Service Corps commander Jonathan White, who worked with detainees during Trump’s first term and is now running for Congress as a Democrat. Politico.
“Proportionately these people are more likely to have the most severe psychological reaction to being removed, because they have had so many years in this country, have roots in their communities, and are American national children from whom they are being removed.
ICE did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin has previously denied allegations of medical neglect.
“Any claims that there are ‘inhumane’ conditions in ICE detention centers are false,” he said last month“All detainees are provided proper food, medical treatment, and given the opportunity to communicate with lawyers and their family members.
“It is a longstanding practice to provide comprehensive medical care from the moment an alien arrives in ICE custody. It is the best health care many aliens have received in their entire lives.”
As of September 21, approximately 60,000 people were detained by ICE or its sister agency CBP. According to custody tracking service TRACThat same month, Trump’s border czar Tom Homan Told reporters the system is “almost at capacity”,
Many of them have been placed in impromptu detention complexes such as Fort Bliss, Texas or Florida’s Notorious ‘Crocodile Alcatraz’both of which have been accused of inhumane conditions,
Later, the detainees are packed together in metal cages inside giant, heavy-duty tents in the middle of the scorching Everglades swamp. Detainees and their families have reported worm-infested food, routine medical neglect, unreliable air conditioning, and inadequate toilets that fill with feces and cover the floors.
There are detention centers in many states Sometimes permission for unannounced inspection is refused By members of Congress and their staff, Democrats believe it is illegal under federal law,
In some cases, legislators or local officials have He was even arrested while trying to inspect detention centers Or monitor immigration courts,
Last month, Trump also fired hundreds of federal employees responsible for overseeing detention conditions. A former employee said, “More people will die in custody as a result, because the level of checks and balances internally will not be the same.” told npr,