There is no single official, up‑to‑date public count of how many ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents have been killed in the line of duty, and current open sources do not provide a clear cumulative number.

What we can say with confidence

  • Public reporting and watchdog datasets focus much more on:
    • People who died in ICE custody or detention (migrants and detainees).
* People killed or injured **by** ICE or Border Patrol shootings, especially under the current Trump administration.
  • There is currently no comprehensive official “roll‑up” available online of ICE officers/agents killed in the line of duty since the agency was created in 2003 , comparable to what exists for many police departments or the U.S. Border Patrol.

Most detailed recent datasets you’ll see (for example, lists of “shootings by U.S. immigration agents in the second Trump administration”) track how many civilians were killed or injured in ICE or CBP shootings, not how many agents died.

Why the exact number is hard to find

  • ICE is a relatively young agency (created in 2003), and line‑of‑duty memorial data for its agents is not centrally and publicly compiled in the same way as some older agencies.
  • News and advocacy coverage right now is dominated by:
    • The sharp rise in deaths in ICE detention (31 or more deaths in 2025, the highest in about two decades).
* Controversial shootings by ICE and Border Patrol during enforcement operations.
  • Individual incidents where an ICE agent is killed may appear in scattered news reports, but they are not aggregated into a reliable, continuously updated public total.

An example of how skewed the available data is: recent coverage highlights that there have been at least 27 shootings by immigration agents since January 20, 2025, with 7 resulting in deaths (these deaths being members of the public, not agents). That illustrates how much more visibility there is on civilians killed by agents than on agents killed in the line of duty.

Best honest answer to your question

Because there is no accessible, authoritative, and up‑to‑date public tally of ICE agents killed in the line of duty, any specific number you might see online is likely incomplete or outdated. The information that is available is heavily weighted toward:

  • Deaths of people in ICE custody or detention , which recently hit a 20‑year high.
  • Deaths and injuries of civilians in encounters with ICE or other immigration agents.

If you need an exact official figure, the most reliable route would be a direct inquiry or FOIA request to the Department of Homeland Security or ICE’s public affairs or human resources offices, since they maintain personnel and line‑of‑duty records internally even if they are not clearly published online.

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.