Representative Pramila Jayapal, a Washington Democrat, told Newsweek on Friday that the number of deaths in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention is “unprecedented” after almost two decades monitoring conditions. “We've had long-standing concerns about ICE detention and the facilities and the conditions that are in the detention centers, but as ICE has ramped up so incredibly rapidly, often with no bid contracts, people who have no experience running detention centers and the