openly sensitive to the burdens of existence

“Oh? [X thing] has a documented extremely negative impact on a large group of people?? And you’re critiquing it? Well I did [x thing] and that horrible thing never happened. I guess you’re just PERSONALLY ATTACKING me.”

“Have you considered the nuanced reality that if something is beneficial to me in any way then everyone who has been deeply harmed by it should simply eat shit? Also if they criticize it it’s because they hate me specifically?”

“What about those of us who actually ENJOY AND LIKE [x thing] and also feel entitled to never have access to something that I like restricted? Hmm? What about us?”

It’s not actually possible to have a functioning society where everyone does whatever they want all the time. You can’t just trust that your populace is going to do the best possible version of everything. I’m absolutely sure there’s a lot of responsible gun owners in the US — unfortunately, the negative societal impact of guns means that in a sane, effective society (which ofc the US isn’t) they’d still be banned. There are some things that are more important than you and what you like and what is beneficial to you. Some things are worse than other things, like objectively worse. Some things are more important than you.

A second reminder that equal access to public schooling is something disabled people had to fight tooth and nail for and which became guaranteed via the IDEA law less than fifty years ago. The Trump administration is currently trying to overturn it, and RFK Jr. believes disabled children should either be kept at home or institutionalized. Explicitly because he thinks they do not belong in society. Support for (Christian) homeschooling and parents’ rights to isolate their children in general but particularly disabled ones is explicitly part of this agenda.

just gotta throw my all-time favourite Giles scene into the mix

Remember Geraldo Lunas Campos, a 55-year-old man from Cuba, who died in ICE custody on January 3rd, 2026. His cause of death was reported by ICE as “medical distress and under investigation”. Witnesses saw guards hold down and strangle Geraldo. The county medical examiner determined cause of death to be “asphyxia due to neck and torso compression”, and ruled his death as a homicide.

Remember Luis Gustavo Núñez Cáceres, a 42-year-old man from Honduras, who died in ICE custody on January 5th, 2026. His cause of death was reported by ICE as “complications related to congenital heart failure”.

Remember Luis Beltrán Yanez-Cruz, a 68-year-old man from Honduras, who died in ICE custody on January 6th, 2026. His cause of death was reported by ICE as “heart-related health issues.”

Remember Renee Nicole Good, who was shot and killed by ICE on January 7th, 2026.

Remember Parady La, a 46-year-old man from Cambodia, who died in ICE custody on January 9th, 2026. His cause of death was reported by ICE as “anoxic brain injury, post cardiac arrest, shock and multiple organ failures following severe drug withdrawal”.

Remember Víctor Manuel Díaz, a 36-year-old man from Nicaragua, who died in ICE custody on January 14th, 2026. His cause of death was reported by ICE as “a presumed suicide; however, the official cause of his death remains under investigation.”

Remember Heber Sánchez-Domínguez, a 34-year-old man from Mexico, who died in ICE custody on January 14th, 2026. His cause of death is “currently under investigation” according to ICE.

Remember Wael Tarabishi, whose health declined and ultimately led to his death on January 23rd, 2026 after his father and primary caregiver, Maher Tarabishi, was taken by ICE.

Remember Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed by Border Patrol on January 24th, 2026.

Remember Lorth Sim, a 59-year-old man from Cambodia, who died in ICE custody on February 16th, 2026. His cause of death is “currently under investigation” according to ICE.

Remember Dr. Linda Davis, who was killed in a car accident while Oscar Vasquez Lopez was being chased by ICE on February 16th, 2026.

Remember Jairo García Hernández, a 27-year-old man from Guatemala, who died in ICE custody on February 16th, 2026. According to ICE he “collapsed unexpectedly and became unresponsive”. His cause of death is currently under investigation.

Remember Alberto Gutiérrez Reyes, a 48-year-old man from Mexico, who died in ICE custody on February 27th, 2026. He died “after being hospitalized for chest pain and shortness of breath” according to ICE.

Remember Pejman Karshenas Najafabadi, a 59-year-old man from Iran, who died in ICE custody on March 1st, 2026. According to ICE his cause of death was cardiac arrest.

Remember Emmanuel Cleeford Damas, a 56-year-old man from Haiti, who died in ICE custody on March 2nd, 2026. According to his family, Emmanuel had tooth infection that went untreated and led to his death. According to ICE his “preliminary cause of death as unknown at this time.”

Remember Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, a 41–year-old man from Afghanistan, who died in ICE custody on March 14th, 2026. According to ICE “his passing is currently under active investigation.”

Remember Royer Pérez-Jiménez, a 19-year-old from Mexico, who died in ICE custody on March 16th, 2026. According to ICE, his “official cause of his death remains under investigation.”

Remember José Guadalupe Ramos-Solano, a 52-year-old man from Mexico, who died in ICE custody on March 25th, 2026. According to ICE he was found “unconscious and unresponsive”.

Remember Tuan Van Bui, a 55-year-old man from Vietnam, who died in ICE custody on April 1st, 2026. According to ICE he was “discovered unresponsive”.

Remember Alejandro Cabrera Clemente, a 49-year-old man from Mexico who died in ICE custody on April 11th, 2026. According to ICE he “was found unresponsive”.

Remember Aled Damien Carbonell-Betancourt, a 27-year-old man from Cuba who died in ICE custody on April 12th, 2026. According to ICE, his cause of death is “presumed suicide; however, the official cause of death remains under investigation”.

Additional sources:

ICE website (filter to detainee death notifications)

Wikipedia: List of Deaths in ICE Detention

2025:

The Guardian: “2025 was ICE’s deadliest year in two decades. Here are the 32 people who died in custody.”

Previous post on ICE-related deaths in 2025

This post is a list of ICE-related deaths in 2026. It includes Keith Porter since he was killed just hours before the new year.

This post was last updated April 22nd, 2026.