The number of immigrant deaths under the Trump administration is on par with the number of deaths seen during the Obama administration, according to data obtained by the Washington Examiner.

The data show no appreciable change in the death of immigrants held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, even as Democrats this week were trying to press administration officials on death tolls.

"Madam Secretary, do you know how many children have died in CBP custody under your tenure as secretary?" asked Rep. Xochitl Torres Small, D-N.M., during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing Wednesday. "Can you give me the numbers and how many children have died?"

Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, similarly warned that "no one should be dying when they are in our custody and under our care."

According to ICE data obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, however, there's been very little change under Trump.

In 2009, when former President Barack Obama took office, 10 people in ICE custody died. Five died in 2012, and 12 died in his last year in office, 2016.

The numbers have been similar under Trump. In 2017, 10 detainees died, and 12 died in 2018, according to data from the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Numbers under both Trump and Obama are far lower than the deaths reported by ICE 15 years ago. In calendar year 2004, 32 people died, and 20 died the following year.

The number of people arrested for illegally crossing into the U.S. has also dropped from more than 1 million to half that figure. As that figure dropped, the number of immigrants being held in federal custody also decreased, along with the number of deaths.

Immigrants who are apprehended for illegal entry at the U.S. border are supposed to spend no more than 72 hours in Border Patrol custody while being processed and then transferred to ICE.

Children, including parents traveling with children, cannot be held more than 20 days as part of the 2015 court ruling in the Flores settlement agreement.

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