Perez-Jimenez is at least the 49th person who has died in detention since Trump returned to office in January 2025.

A teenager who was arrested in January after being stopped for a traffic violation in Florida is now believed to be the youngest person to have died in immigration detention under the second Trump administration, after US Immigration and Customs Enforcement notified Congress of the 19-year-old’s death this week. Royer Perez-Jimenez was found unresponsive by a detention officer at Glades…

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