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We just published one of the hardest, longest, and most heart-wrenching projects in the history of L.A. TACO, what we internally referred to as “The Death Tracker.”
It is 71 pages dedicated to the 64 immigration related deaths since the Trump administration took over. It’s not just a list of names; we spent months looking for these people’s back stories, to re-humanize them and share the truth alongside what the DHS reported or failed to report. We have 46 stories of those who have died in custody, 9 during enforcement operations, 6 after being released from ICE Detention, 2 during mass shootings, and 1 by an off-duty agent. Their stories are now on lataco.com.