Another Tragic Death in ICE Custody in Georgia 🔗 Download + read the full press release: bit.ly/irwindeath As the nation grapples with the ICE murders of Joan Sebastián Guerrero, 26, in Maine, and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, in Texas…

another life has been lost in ICE custody here in Georgia. On July 13, Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva, 45, died while being transferred from the Irwin Detention Center to the Folkston Detention Center in Georgia. Jesus Manuel had been detained by ICE just days earlier. According to his family, he had serious medical needs and relied on medication. His sister shared: "We implored ICE not to take him due to his medical needs, but they didn't listen to our pleas. They also ignored our request to at least allow him to take the medication with him, allowing only one medication." His family is demanding justice and an independent investigation into his death. Fiscal Year 2026 has become the deadliest year in ICE's history. Immigrant justice advocates are calling on Congress to: • Zero out ICE funding • Revoke billions already allocated to the agency • Remove ICE from communities nationwide • Shut down ICE detention centers, including Irwin From Priyanka Bhatt, Project South’s Senior Staff Attorney: “It is appalling that ICE has caused the death of yet another community member, Mr. Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva, in Georgia. This tragedy raises the death toll to 21 deaths in ICE custody in Georgia since 2005. This horrible news is received after reports of three ICE-related murders around the country. We send our deepest condolences to Mr. Arenas-Silva’s family and all the families who have suffered due to ICE’s brutality. ICE’s callous decision to once again detain immigrants at Irwin County Detention Center despite its track record of abuses and neglect is abhorrent and inhumane. It is clear that ICE and its private prison contractors are violent agents of the white supremacists currently in charge of the U.S. government and must be treated as such. We demand justice and accountability for all the atrocities they have committed both inside ICE prisons and within our neighborhoods.”