Deaths in ICE Custody Skyrocketed During the COVID-19 Pandemic A new report shows Texas led the nation with seven deaths among immigration detainees from 2018-2020. A U.S. Border Patrol truck enters the Port Isabel Detention Center in Los Fresnos, Texas. AP Photo/David J. Phillip A new report shows Texas led the nation with seven deaths among immigration detainees from 2018-2020. A U.S. Border Patrol truck enters the Port Isabel Detention Center in Los Fresnos, Texas. AP Photo/David J. Phillip Lise Olsen Jan 20, 2021, 10:36 am CST Fernando Sabonger Garcia ended up in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on July 7 after being arrested at the Texas border. A Honduran national fleeing dangers at home, he was hoping for safe harbor in the United States. Instead, the 50-year-old ended up at Joe Corley Detention Facility, a privately run immigration detention center in Conroe, Texas.