Denny Adan Gonzalez, a 33-year-old Cuban immigrant, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Stewart Detention Centre in Lumpkin, Georgia, on Tuesday and was pronounced dead less than an hour later. Authorities suspect suicide. Gonzalez had entered the US at a Texas port of entry in May 2019 but was deemed 'inadmissible' and deported in January 2020. He illegally crossed the US-Mexico border again in 2022 and was arrested in Charlotte, North Carolina, for domestic violence before being taken into ICE custody in January 2026. His death raises concerns as immigrant fatalities in ICE custody reached a two-decade high last year, with 18 deaths reported in just the first four months of this year. Advocates have long criticized the Stewart Detention Centre for its remote location and alleged inadequate medical care. A recent Republican-backed spending package aims to expand ICE detentions, with plans to detain an average of 99,000 immigrants in the upcoming fiscal years.