"We hold Keith Porter in our grief. Keith was killed by an ICE officer in Los Angeles: a life lost to a system that relies on detention, force, and criminalization to govern migration. His death, alongside the killing of Renée Nicole Good, reflects a pattern of harm that continues to devastate families and communities, particularly Black, trans, disabled, and immigrant folks."
"We speak the names we know. We honor the people whose names were never recorded, never released, or never made public. Every person lost to ICE custody and enforcement carried a history, relationships, and a future that mattered. This violence is structural. It is upheld by policies that treat immigrant lives as disposable. Immigrant justice, racial justice, and trans justice are deeply connected, and our movements are strongest when we grieve together and organize together."
Data on deaths attributed to ICE enforcement and custody varies widely because of differing sources, cause-of-death determinations, and reporting practices. Some detainees have died from medical events such as heart failure and stroke that followed earlier reported conditions. ICE maintains an official detainee-death database. The Transgender Law Center reported at least 39 people killed by ICE since 2025 after the January 7, 2026 shooting of Renée Nicole Good and named Keith Porter as killed by an ICE officer. The organization described the violence as structural, linked immigrant, racial, and trans justice, and assists trans people with immigration status.
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