Festering Infections to Untreated Cancer: ICE Detainees Describe Medical Neglect Across US By Rae Ellen Bichell, Claire Galofaro, The Associated Press, Maia Rosenfeld, Renuka Rayasam, Aaron Kessler, The Associated Press, and Byron Tau, The Associated Press June 2, 2026

Festering Infections to Untreated Cancer: ICE Detainees Describe Medical Neglect Across US By Rae Ellen Bichell, Claire Galofaro, The Associated Press, Maia Rosenfeld, Renuka Rayasam, Aaron Kessler, The Associated Press, and Byron Tau, The Associated Press June 2, 2026 https://kffhealthnews.org/courts/ice-immigration-detention-medical-care-neglect-court-records-ap-investigation/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20Colorado&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--7OaZapn4oqSioPMFj4KmqSlM4DK4opD4qXY8_kqvFAnZ4wFn1w4S1p6aUBlsUP-bqaKhfEQHDHlWi2E-ZeWO_21wt4A&_hsmi=425357510&utm_content=425357510&utm_source=hs_email By Rae Ellen Bichell, Maia Rosenfeld, and Renuka Rayasam, KFF Health News; Claire Galofaro, Aaron Kessler, and Byron Tau, The Associated Press An Albanian man’s pain grew so unbearable, he said, he pulled out his own tooth as he languished for months in a New Mexico immigration detention center. A Honduran mother of two said she was hospitalized for a heart problem after she was denied blood pressure medications while held in Florida. A Venezuelan man said his leg grew purple and swollen from flesh-eating bacteria when staffers at a Vermont facility did not bring him to a scheduled doctor appointment. Hundreds of detainees across at least 33 states allege in federal suits that immigration detention facilities are failing to provide adequate medical care, an investigation by KFF Health News and The Associated Press found. Detainees say they didn’t get medications on time — or at all — for conditions including high blood pressure, diabetes, depression, epilepsy, Parkinson’s, and HIV. Requests for help went unanswered for weeks. Blood sugars rose. Infections festered. Cancers remained untreated. Detainees collapsed and had seizures. Detainees are frequently moved across the country, often without warning, interrupting treatment. A woman from El Salvador said she missed a week of HIV medication when she was transferred from Colorado to a county jail in Wyoming. KFF Health News and AP analyzed thousands of court cases filed since Trump’s second inauguration that use a legal route known as habeas corpus to argue people are being held illegally by ICE. The records offer a rare window into how those detained say, often under penalty of perjury, ICE is handling their medical needs. Reporters also interviewed more than 50 detainees, family members, and lawyers.