Mexican Immigrant Dies in ICE Custody Amidst High Detention Numbers A Mexican national, Jose Guadalupe Ramos-Solano, died in an ICE facility outside Los Angeles. This occurred as ICE detention numbers remain high, exceeding 68,000 in mid-February. The Mexican government plans to protest the death. The Department of Justice also defended controversial arrests via an ICE memo. As of mid-February, there were more than 68,000 immigrants in federal custody, according to ICE data. A Mexican national died in a facility outside Los Angeles last week.Jose Guadalupe Ramos-Solano was found unresponsive at his bunk at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, according to ICE. , including a Mexican man who was found unresponsive last week at a facility outside Los Angeles, according to data from the Department of Homeland Security. As of mid-February, ICE was holding more than 68,000 immigrants, among the highest numbers ever, according to federal data. The figure fluctuates as immigrants get deported and others are taken into custody.As the Trump administration has sought to drastically increase space to detain immigrants as part of its mass deportation campaign, holding facilities have struggled with disease and overcrowding.The Trump administration's Department of Justice says it erroneously defended controversial arrests at immigration court via an ICE memo that “does not and has never applied to civil immigration enforcement actions in or near” the courts. NBC 7's Joey Safchik reports.Camp East Montana has had a troubled history,On March 25, Jose Guadalupe Ramos-Solano, who was in federal custody in California after he was convicted of possession of a controlled substance and theft, was found by security to be unresponsive in his bunk. ICE said in a statement that staff performed CPR and other life-saving procedures, and he was taken to Victor Valley Global Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said during her daily press conference Monday that Mexico would take stronger measures to protest following the reported death, focusing particularly on the Los Angeles region. "There are several actions we are going to take to protest the death of another Mexican, one of our fellow citizens, in the United States." Ramos-Solano was arrested by ICE on Feb. 23 and sent to the Adelanto detention center. He received a physical evaluation during his intake screening and was found to have diabetes, hyperlipidemia and hypertension. ICE said he received routine medical care in custody, including daily medication for his conditions. Ramos-Solano’s cause of death was not immediately made public, and Homeland Security officials didn’t respond to questions about his cause of death.