Weekly Report - 02 April 2026 (WR-26-13)

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has pledged to push for better conditions at US immigration detention facilities following the death of another Mexican under the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The death followed those of two other Mexicans in ICE facilities in the space of a month and comes as the number of deaths of migrants under ICE custody has surged since President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, pledging to crack down on irregular migration. This is not the first time that Sheinbaum has spoken out about the conditions facing Mexican migrants in the US, with tensions notably rising between the two countries in June 2025 when Sheinbaum criticised the use of immigration raids and called for better treatment of Mexicans in the US.