Critics say it is the reason why more detainees are risking their lives to protest inhumane conditions and legal rights violations, in the form of widespread hunger strikes.
The unprecedented rate of suicides by Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees highlights what experts call failures in care and oversight.
Twenty-nine people have died in ICE custody since October, the start of the federal government's fiscal year, already surpassing 2004's toll of 28, the previous record, according to government data.
A Mexican migrant died last week in ICE custody, according to the agency, becoming the 47th person to die in ICE detention during the second Trump administration.
As immigrant detainee deaths have increased, conditions in detention facilities nationwide are coming under more scrutiny.
Twenty-three people have died since October in ICE custody, as advocates warn about overcrowding and health care access.