Death of Tien Xuan Phan in ICE custody
Tien Xuan Phan
1 — unknown (presented with seizures, vomiting, unresponsiveness)Killed
Tien Xuan Phan (55, Vietnam) died on 2025-07-19 while in the custody of ICE, in Karnes County Immigration Processing Center, Karnes City, TX (died at Methodist Hospital Northeast, San Antonio area). Arrested June 2 on a 2012 removal order; hospitalized July 18, airlifted, pronounced 5:48 p.m. July 19.
What is known
- Person: Tien Xuan Phan, age 55; Vietnam.
- Date: 2025-07-19.
- Location: Karnes County Immigration Processing Center, Karnes City, TX (died at Methodist Hospital Northeast, San Antonio area).
- Agency: ICE.
- Reported cause: unknown (presented with seizures, vomiting, unresponsiveness).
- Circumstance: Arrested June 2 on a 2012 removal order; hospitalized July 18, airlifted, pronounced 5:48 p.m. July 19.
- Official account: ICE press release said Vietnamese national died in ICE custody; detainee death report published.
- Status: Federal investigation underway.
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