Jairo Garcia-Hernandez, 27 — Eighth Immigration Detention Death in 2026

Jairo Garcia-Hernandez, a 27-year-old Guatemalan man, collapsed and became unresponsive at 1:06 a.m. at Larkin Community Hospital in Miami. Medical staff performed CPR but were unable to revive him; he was pronounced dead at 2:01 a.m. ICE Health Service Corps said he had "a long history of severe medical complications and was already in ill health" when taken into custody. He was immunocompromised and being treated for fever. He had been in ICE custody since January 2025 and was transferred to Larkin's Behavioral Health Center in October 2025, then to the main hospital on January 26, 2026. His death marks the eighth fatality in ICE custody in 2026 and approximately the 40th since the current administration took office.