The Department of Homeland Security is actively recruiting over 40 healthcare professionals to serve in immigration detention centers nationwide. This hiring surge aims to fill roles such as doctors, psychologists, nurses, dentists, and medical administrators, among others.

According to a report by Politico, the Trump administration is focusing on bolstering its medical workforce within these facilities. The initiative includes expanding the ICE Health Service Corps to improve medical services provided to detainees.

As of Wednesday evening, there are 48 job openings listed on the ICE USA Jobs portal specifically for the ICE Health Service Corps. These positions span various locations across the country, including sites where there have been reports of migrant fatalities.

In related news, George Santos has announced that he is considering options to compensate victims of fraud, highlighting ongoing discussions around accountability and restitution.

In June, reported that a Canadian man who was being held in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Miami became the 13th person to die in an ICE facility since October after he was found unresponsive.

An additional seven deaths have been announced by the federal agency since, taking the total to 20 deaths in that time.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., a member of the subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship, wrote in a social media post that 20 individuals have died under such circumstances since President Trump began his second term.

“Trump’s ICE is detaining people in private prisons that put profit over health. There must be accountability and oversight NOW,” she wrote Friday.