“Many people are dying in ICE custody, and we need to know why. Vargas was released from ICE custody to a hospital while he was extremely ill, and died just three days later. Previous to this new policy change, L.A. TACO had documented seven cases of people who died shortly after being released from ICE custody. He technically died shortly after release from ICE custody on Friday, July 24, at 6:00 a.m. “Unfortunately this is something ice (and even law enforcement more generally) does not infrequently- release people while they are at the hospital so it doesn’t count as an in ice custody death,” said Zeidan.