Ice detainees death toll reaches 16 amid concerns over ‘horrendous’ conditions

Rising toll worries activists as mass detention in US increases after Trump returned to White House in January

Deaths occurring in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) have reached at least 16 since January amid increasing mass detention across the country and growing concerns over conditions.

On Sunday, Ismael Ayala-Uribe, a 39-year-old Mexican national and former Dreamer" - those given protections after being brought to the US as undocumented children in the past - died after being held at an Ice facility in Adelanto, California, according to a statement from the federal agency.