Dialysis, Detention, Death: Hasan Ali Moh'D Saleh¶

Published: February 12, 2026
Published by: Mortui Vivos Docent Intelligence Project
Confidence: HIGH (verified across 20+ independent sources including ICE's own Detainee Death Report, ICE press release, DHS OIG inspection reports, HRW and Amnesty International reports, local and national news, and advocacy tracking databases)

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Executive Summary¶

Hasan Ali Moh'D Saleh, a 67-year-old Jordanian man, was pronounced dead at Larkin Community Hospital in Miami, Florida on October 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM. The preliminary cause of death was cardiac arrest. He had been in ICE custody for 27 days.

Saleh had lived in the United States for 31 years, arriving in 1994 and receiving lawful permanent resident status that same year. He lost his status after fraud convictions -- welfare fraud in 1994 and food stamp/wire fraud in 2018. An immigration judge ordered him deported to Jordan in 2020, but he was released on an order of supervision under the Alternatives to Detention program, reporting in person to ICE as required. He complied for five years without incident. On September 14, 2025, ERO Miami arrested him at his home in Pompano Beach, Florida and transferred him to the Krome North Service Processing Center -- Florida's largest immigrant detention facility.

What makes Saleh's case a study in institutional recklessness is what ICE already knew when they detained him. Their own comprehensive health assessment, completed on September 15, 2025 -- one day after his arrest -- documented: hypertension, coronary artery disease with three prior open heart surgeries, peripheral arterial disease with bilateral leg bypasses, high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease requiring dialysis three times per week, a left arm arteriovenous fistula, a subclavian dialysis catheter, and diabetes mellitus with diabetic retinopathy. This was one of the most medically fragile individuals imaginable. ICE documented his fragility in detail. And then they held him in a detention center where 911 calls had doubled in the preceding months, where overcrowding had exceeded capacity by nearly three times, and where people were sleeping on floors without bedding.

On October 10, Saleh developed a fever. He was transported to Larkin Community Hospital, where physicians diagnosed him with pulmonary edema and a bloodstream infection associated with his dialysis catheter -- a catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI), one of the most common and serious complications of hemodialysis, and one that is significantly more likely to occur in environments with poor hygiene and inadequate sterile catheter care. The next day, he was found unresponsive, briefly resuscitated, then lost his pulse again and died.

He was the 17th person to die in ICE custody in 2025. By year's end, 32 people would be dead -- the highest death toll in over two decades, nearly triple the previous year's count. ICE titled its press release: "Illegal alien from Jordan in ICE custody passes away in Miami hospital."

The question is not whether ICE killed Hasan Ali Moh'D Saleh. The question is whether a 67-year-old man on dialysis with three open heart surgeries should have been detained in a facility where the walls were crumbling and the 911 calls kept coming -- when he had been living in the community, managing his conditions, and reporting to ICE as ordered for five years.

1. WHO WAS HASAN ALI MOH'D SALEH?¶

Personal Information¶

Full Name: Hasan Ali Moh'D Saleh
Age: 67
Nationality: Jordan
Immigration Status: Former lawful permanent resident (status revoked after convictions); under final order of removal to Jordan since February 2020
Arrived in US: March 8, 1994 (as nonimmigrant)
LPR Status Granted: July 22, 1994
Residence: Pompano Beach, Florida (Broward County)
Status: Deceased (October 11, 2025)

Immigration History¶

Saleh's immigration trajectory spans three decades of American life:

March 8, 1994: Entered the United States in Miami as a nonimmigrant with authorization to remain for six months.

July 5, 1994: The 17th Judicial Circuit in Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, convicted Saleh of welfare fraud and sentenced him to six months' probation. This conviction occurred just two weeks before he was granted LPR status -- raising questions about coordination between the criminal courts and immigration services.

July 22, 1994: The Immigration and Naturalization Service granted Saleh lawful permanent resident status.

1994-2018: Lived continuously in the United States for 24 years as a legal permanent resident, primarily in Broward County, Florida. During this period, his health deteriorated significantly -- he underwent three open heart surgeries, bilateral leg bypass surgeries, and developed chronic kidney disease requiring dialysis. These were surgeries performed in American hospitals, by American doctors, covered by the American healthcare system. His body was held together by American medicine.

March 20, 2018: Found guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida of conspiracy to commit food stamp and wire fraud. Sentenced to 24 months in federal prison.

February 2020: An immigration judge ordered Saleh removed to Jordan.

June 9, 2020: ERO New Orleans released Saleh on an order of supervision with in-person reporting requirements under the Alternatives to Detention program. He was required to report to ICE in person on a regular schedule.

June 2020 - September 2025: Over five years of compliance with ATD requirements. No violations documented. No new criminal activity. He lived in Pompano Beach, received his dialysis, managed his chronic conditions with his medical team, and reported to ICE as ordered.

September 14, 2025: ERO Miami arrested Saleh during an enforcement action pursuant to his final order of removal. He was transferred to Krome.

Criminal Record¶

ICE's press release and Detainee Death Report document two convictions, both nonviolent:

Welfare fraud (1994): Broward County conviction, six months' probation only
Food stamp and wire fraud conspiracy (2018): Federal conviction, 24 months' imprisonment

These are fraud offenses. Neither involved violence. The welfare fraud resulted in probation -- not even jail time. The food stamp fraud resulted in prison time, which Saleh served before his 2020 release. Together, these convictions formed the basis for ICE labeling him a "criminal" and "illegal alien" in its press release about his death.

Medical History: A Body Sustained by Machines¶

ICE's own comprehensive health assessment, completed September 15, 2025, documented a patient whose survival depended on continuous, specialized medical intervention:

Cardiovascular System:
- Coronary artery disease requiring three open heart surgeries -- indicating severe, recurring blockages in the arteries supplying the heart muscle
- Peripheral arterial disease requiring bilateral leg bypass surgeries -- indicating widespread arterial damage affecting blood flow to both legs
- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
- High cholesterol (hyperlipidemia)

Renal System:
- Chronic kidney disease -- end-stage, requiring hemodialysis three times per week to survive
- Left arm arteriovenous (AV) fistula -- a surgically created connection between an artery and vein in the arm, the preferred long-term access point for dialysis
- Subclavian dialysis catheter -- an indwelling catheter inserted into the subclavian vein (below the collarbone), providing a second dialysis access point when the fistula is insufficient. This catheter is a direct pathway into the major vascular system -- and a direct pathway for infection

Endocrine System:
- Diabetes mellitus with diabetic retinopathy -- indicating that diabetes had progressed to the point of damaging his vision, a marker of advanced, poorly controlled disease

This medical profile represents extreme fragility. A man who has had three open heart surgeries has survived cardiac crises that each could have killed him. A man on dialysis three times weekly has kidneys that cannot sustain life without external mechanical filtration. A man with bilateral leg bypasses has blood vessels failing throughout his body. A man with a subclavian catheter has a direct line from the outside world into his bloodstream -- a line that requires meticulous sterile care to prevent lethal infection.

ICE documented every one of these conditions on Day One of his detention. This was not a case of unknown risk. This was documented, acknowledged risk -- accepted and disregarded.

2. THE DETENTION: 27 DAYS AT KROME¶

September 14, 2025 -- Arrest¶

ERO Miami arrested Saleh at his home in Pompano Beach during an enforcement operation pursuant to his 2020 final order of removal. He was transported to the Krome North Service Processing Center in Miami-Dade County.

September 15, 2025 -- Health Assessment¶

An Advanced Practice Provider (APP) completed Saleh's comprehensive health assessment at Krome. The assessment was thorough, documenting his entire medical history including three open heart surgeries, bilateral leg bypasses, the AV fistula, the subclavian catheter, the dialysis schedule, the diabetes with retinopathy, the chronic kidney disease, and the coronary artery disease.

Saleh began receiving dialysis three times per week via his subclavian catheter while at Krome.

September 19, 2025 -- Physician Consultation¶

A physician discussed Saleh's abnormal kidney enzyme levels with him. The physician:
- Informed Saleh of a pending vascular surgeon referral
- Instructed him to reduce dietary sodium intake
- Directed him to continue dialysis treatment

The vascular surgeon referral is a critical detail. The ICE Detainee Death Report does not document this referral being completed. Whether Saleh ever saw a vascular surgeon is unknown from public records. On October 3 -- two weeks after this referral was documented -- ICE lost the ability to pay for third-party medical services.

September 20 - October 9, 2025 -- Detention Period¶

The specifics of Saleh's day-to-day medical care, medication administration, cardiovascular monitoring, catheter maintenance, and living conditions during this three-week period are not documented in publicly available records beyond the death report. What is documented, however, are the conditions at Krome during this period:

Population at approximately three times operational capacity
911 emergency calls had doubled year-over-year
Only five detainees per cell could request medical appointments per day
People waited weeks for medical attention
Insulin-dependent diabetics separated from medications at intake
Overflowing toilets documented by Human Rights Watch
Detainees denied access to showers for days

October 10, 2025 -- Hospitalization¶

Saleh developed a fever while at Krome. He was transported to Larkin Community Hospital in South Miami.

Emergency Room Diagnoses:
- Pulmonary edema -- fluid accumulation in the lungs, common in kidney failure/heart disease patients when fluid balance is disrupted
- Bloodstream infection associated with the dialysis catheter -- a catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI)

Intravenous antibiotics and blood cultures were initiated. He was admitted for further treatment.

October 11, 2025 -- Death¶

6:32 PM: Larkin Community Hospital medical staff found Saleh unresponsive. CPR was initiated immediately.

Shortly after: Saleh was briefly resuscitated -- his pulse returned.

Minutes later: He lost his pulse again. CPR was reinitiated.

7:13 PM: Hasan Ali Moh'D Saleh was pronounced dead. Preliminary cause of death: cardiac arrest.

3. MEDICAL ANALYSIS: THE INFECTION THAT KILLED HIM¶

The hospital's diagnosis identified a bloodstream infection originating from Saleh's dialysis catheter. Catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) are among the most well-documented and preventable complications in hemodialysis:

They are the leading cause of hospitalization among dialysis patients
They carry mortality rates of 12-25% once they develop
Subclavian catheters have a higher infection rate than AV fistulas, which is why fistulas are preferred for long-term access
Prevention requires strict sterile technique during every catheter access, regular site inspection, proper dressing changes, and a clean clinical environment

The risk factors for CRBSI that were present in Saleh's situation:
- Subclavian catheter (higher risk than fistula)
- Diabetes (impaired immune function)
- Advanced age (67)
- Multiple comorbidities (immunocompromised state)
- Detention environment (overcrowded, documented hygiene failures, medical staffing stretched thin)

The Pulmonary Edema¶

Pulmonary edema in a dialysis patient with heart disease typically indicates:
1. Fluid overload -- dialysis not adequately removing fluid, or excessive fluid intake between sessions
2. Cardiac decompensation -- the heart failing to pump effectively, causing fluid backup into the lungs
3. Sepsis-related -- infection causing systemic inflammatory response and vascular permeability

In Saleh's case, the combination of catheter infection and pulmonary edema suggests a cascading crisis: infection triggered systemic inflammation, which destabilized his already compromised cardiovascular system, which could not compensate, resulting in fluid accumulation in the lungs and ultimately cardiac arrest.

The Cardiac Arrest Pathway¶

For a 67-year-old with three open heart surgeries, the pathway to death was:
1. Catheter infection introduced bacteria into his bloodstream
2. Bacteria triggered sepsis -- a systemic inflammatory response
3. Sepsis caused hemodynamic instability in a cardiovascular system held together by three prior surgeries
4. Cardiac output dropped; fluid backed up into the lungs (pulmonary edema)
5. His heart could not sustain function under the combined stress
6. Cardiac arrest and death

Was the Infection Preventable?¶

CRBSIs are considered healthcare-associated infections -- meaning they are acquired through the process of receiving medical care. They are among the most preventable complications in medicine. The National Kidney Foundation, CDC, and Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative all publish detailed guidelines for catheter care specifically to prevent these infections.

At Krome in October 2025, conditions included:
- Overcrowding at three times operational capacity
- Doubled 911 emergency calls
- Five-per-cell daily medical appointment limits
- Documented sanitation failures including overflowing toilets
- Documented medical care access failures
- Only one facility inspection conducted in 2025 (down from two per year)
- 14 detention standard violations documented, including five in medical care

Whether the catheter infection that killed Saleh would have developed if he had remained in the community, receiving dialysis from his established medical team with proper sterile protocols, is unknowable. What is knowable is that the conditions at Krome made infection more likely, and that ICE was aware of both his vulnerability and the facility's failures.

4. THE FACILITY: KROME NORTH SERVICE PROCESSING CENTER¶

History and Operation¶

Krome North Service Processing Center is a federal immigration facility in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Originally built in the 1960s as a missile base, it was repurposed during the 1980 Mariel boatlift as a processing center for Cuban refugees. It has operated as an immigration detention facility since 1982.

The facility is currently operated by Akima Infrastructure Protection, a subsidiary of NANA Development Corporation (an Alaska Native corporation), under a contract valued at approximately $685 million. Akima assumed the contract from Ahtna Government Services, another Alaska Native corporation contractor.

Krome has a long history of documented abuse:
- In 2021, nine Black immigrants filed a civil rights complaint documenting anti-Black racism and abuse
- The facility has been subject to multiple congressional investigations
- Advocacy organizations have filed complaints spanning decades
- The privatization of operations in 2008 was followed by increased abuse allegations

2025: A Facility in Unprecedented Crisis¶

Overcrowding: Before the January 2025 inauguration, Krome held approximately 200 detainees. By March, the population had increased approximately 240% -- to nearly three times operational capacity. TRAC, a nonpartisan data organization at Syracuse University, found that Krome's population reached approximately 1,800 detainees against a designed capacity of roughly 600. A 26,000-square-foot tent was erected on facility grounds to accommodate overflow. "No ICE detention center has exceeded its capacity more than Miami's Krome," TRAC reported.

Medical Emergencies: From January to July 2025, 911 calls from Krome doubled compared to the same period in 2024. June 2025 saw the highest call volume since early 2024, with 53 emergency calls documenting chest pains, seizures, stroke symptoms, and head injuries. At least four 911 calls involved people who had not yet been fully booked into the facility, meaning facility medical staff said they were "not authorized" to attend to them.

Medical Access: Human Rights Watch found that only five detainees per cell could request medical appointments each day. One person waited three weeks with flu-like symptoms before receiving treatment. Insulin-dependent diabetics were separated from their medications upon arrival.

Living Conditions: People slept on floors without bedding or pillows. Women were moved into the all-male facility and forced to sleep overnight on buses. Four women held at the facility in February told USA Today they were treated "like animals." One woman said she was not fed for 36 hours. Detainees reported: "There's no beds. You have to sleep on the floor. People were so cold, they were sticking cardboard in the vents and trying to hold them in place with plastic forks."

Inspections: Krome received two inspections per year in both 2023 and 2024. In 2025, it received only one. That single inspection documented 14 violations of detention standards, including five specifically related to medical care. The inspection found overcrowding, people sleeping on floors, and staff failures to ensure people had been offered food when held for more than six hours. Nationally, ICE reduced detention facility inspections by 36.25% in 2025.

Death Record at Krome (October 2024 - October 2025)¶

Name	Age	Country	Date	Circumstances
(First death, name unknown)	--	--	~Oct 2024	--
Genry Donaldo Ruiz-Guillen	29	Honduras	Jan 23, 2025	Breathing difficulty; vertigo treated with water
Maksym Chernyak	44	Ukraine	Feb 20, 2025	Brain hemorrhage; witnesses say staff refused to respond
Isidro Perez	75	Cuba	June 2025	Cardiac (elderly detainee)
Hasan Ali Moh'D Saleh	67	Jordan	Oct 11, 2025	Cardiac arrest; catheter infection

At least five people died at or from Krome within approximately twelve months. Chernyak's case is particularly instructive: a fellow detainee reported that "we called the officers and they didn't want to come until we told them that he was dead. We tried to call medical. They didn't wanna come because they didn't have no staff until hours later, till he was mostly unresponsive." Chernyak's family has filed a wrongful death complaint.

International Condemnation¶

Amnesty International (December 2025): Released a report describing conditions at Krome as part of a "deliberate system built to punish, dehumanize, and hide the suffering" of immigrants. Amnesty concluded that conditions "amount to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment" and that prolonged solitary confinement "amounts to torture or other ill-treatment."

Human Rights Watch (July 2025): Published "You Feel Like Your Life Is Over: Abusive Practices at Three Florida Immigration Detention Centers Since January 2025," documenting systemic failures at Krome.

5. THE MEDICAL PAYMENT CRISIS¶

Saleh died on October 11, 2025 -- eight days after ICE stopped paying for third-party medical services.

On October 3, 2025, the Department of Veterans Affairs terminated its longstanding agreement to process medical claims for ICE detainees, after political pressure and a lawsuit from a right-wing nonprofit. Since 2002, the VA had processed reimbursement claims from pharmacies and third-party medical providers when ICE facilities could not directly provide needed care.

When the agreement ended, ICE was left with what internal documents described as:
- "No mechanism to provide prescribed medication"
- No way to "pay for medically necessary off-site care"
- An "absolute emergency" that could lead to "medical complications or loss of life"

The replacement contractor, Acentra, stated it could not process claims until at least April 30, 2026.

Impact on Saleh's case: Saleh was receiving dialysis through arrangements made by Krome. He had a pending vascular surgeon referral documented on September 19. On October 3, ICE lost the ability to pay for off-site medical services. On October 10, Saleh was hospitalized with a catheter infection. Whether the payment halt affected his dialysis quality, catheter maintenance, or the vascular surgeon referral cannot be determined from public information -- but the timeline is harrowing.

6. THE DECISION TO DETAIN¶

Five Years of Compliance¶

Saleh had been living in the community under ICE supervision since June 2020. Under the Alternatives to Detention program, he reported in person to ICE as required. There is no public record of any compliance failure over five years.

For half a decade, ICE's own assessment was that Saleh could safely live in the community while his removal order was pending. He was not a flight risk. He was not a danger. He was a 67-year-old man on dialysis, managing catastrophic health conditions, living in Pompano Beach, and reporting to ICE on schedule.

What Changed¶

Not Saleh's circumstances. The political environment. Under the Trump administration's immigration enforcement expansion in 2025, ICE aggressively arrested individuals with existing final orders of removal who had been living compliantly in the community, often for years. Saleh was swept up in this enforcement posture -- not because he posed a new threat, but because the administration wanted to execute old removal orders.

The Medical Ethics Question¶

The U.S. Supreme Court established in Estelle v. Gamble (1976) that "deliberate indifference to serious medical needs" of incarcerated people constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment. While immigration detention is technically civil rather than criminal, courts have applied comparable protections under the Fifth Amendment's due process clause.

ICE's own Performance-Based National Detention Standards (PBNDS) require facilities to provide medical care equivalent to community standards. For a patient like Saleh, the community standard included:
- Cardiologist oversight (three open heart surgeries)
- Nephrologist management of dialysis (end-stage kidney disease)
- Vascular surgeon follow-up (pending referral documented September 19)
- Endocrinologist management of diabetes (with retinopathy)
- Ophthalmology monitoring (retinopathy progression)
- Strict infection control for the subclavian catheter

Could Krome -- overcrowded at three times capacity, with doubled 911 calls, 14 documented detention standard violations, only one inspection in 2025 -- provide this standard of care? The catheter infection that killed him answers the question.

A joint ACLU/Detention Watch Network study found that "the overwhelming majority" of ICE detention deaths "could have been prevented if ICE detention medical staff had provided timely and clinically appropriate medical care."

7. ICE'S RESPONSE¶

The Press Release¶

ICE titled its statement:

"Illegal alien from Jordan in ICE custody passes away in Miami hospital"

"Illegal alien" -- Saleh was a lawful permanent resident for 24 years. He lost his status after convictions, but characterizing a man who lived legally in the United States for nearly a quarter century as an "illegal alien" erases decades of documented American life.

"Passes away" -- He died of cardiac arrest following a bloodstream infection from a dialysis catheter while detained in a facility operating at three times capacity, with 14 documented violations, where medical staffing could not keep up with emergency calls. He did not "pass away."

ICE included the standard boilerplate: the agency is "firmly committed to the health and welfare of all those in its custody" and "dedicates significant resources to comprehensive medical care."

What ICE Did Not Address¶

Whether Saleh received dialysis of equivalent quality to what he received in the community
Whether his catheter was maintained with proper sterile technique at Krome
Whether his pending vascular surgeon referral was ever completed
Whether the October 3 medical payment halt affected any aspect of his care
Why a dialysis-dependent patient with three open heart surgeries was deemed fit for detention at an overcrowded facility
Whether alternatives to detention were considered given his extreme medical vulnerability

Official Notifications¶

Per ICE policy, the following were notified:
- DHS Office of Inspector General
- ICE Office of Professional Responsibility (via Integrity Coordination Center)
- Consulate General of Jordan in Washington, D.C.

8. PATTERN ANALYSIS¶

Three Deaths in 12 Days¶

Between September 29 and October 11, 2025, three people died in ICE custody across three states:

Name	Age	Country	Date	Facility
Huabing Xie	--	China	Sept 29-30	California
Leo Cruz-Silva	34	Mexico	Oct 1	Missouri (apparent suicide)
Hasan Ali Moh'D Saleh	67	Jordan	Oct 11	Krome, Florida

The Detention Watch Network's advocacy director stated: "Trump's cruel mass detention expansion is exacerbating the inhumane conditions that are inherent to ICE's detention system."

Detaining the Elderly and Medically Fragile¶

At least five people aged 63 or older died in ICE custody in 2025:

Name	Age	Country	Cause	Facility
Isidro Perez	75	Cuba	Cardiac	Krome, FL
Pete Sumalo Montejo	72	Philippines	Septic shock (284 days detained)	Montgomery, TX
Abelardo Avellaneda-Delgado	68	Mexico	Under investigation	Stewart, GA
Hasan Ali Moh'D Saleh	67	Jordan	Cardiac arrest	Krome, FL
Kai Yin Wong	63	China	Heart surgery complications	South TX

Three of five died from cardiac or cardiovascular causes. Two of five were at Krome.

Former ICE official Claire Trickler-McNulty noted that the shift to interior arrests introduced greater health unknowns: "When people are arrested on the street, do they have chronic medical conditions they're not even aware of?" In Saleh's case, there were no unknowns -- ICE documented everything.

The 2025 Death Toll¶

Metric	Figure
Deaths in ICE custody, FY 2024	11
Deaths in ICE custody, FY 2025	32
Detained population, Jan 2025	~39,000
Detained population, Dec 2025	~68,400
Increase in detained population	78%
Decrease in facility inspections	36.25%
ICE deaths in first 3 weeks of FY 2026	6

2025 was the deadliest year for people in ICE detention in over two decades. The American Immigration Council concluded it was "deadlier for ICE detainees than the COVID-19 pandemic." During COVID, while infections ravaged detention facilities, the actual recorded death count was lower. The 2025 surge reflects not a virus but a policy choice: detain more people, in worse conditions, with less oversight, and cut off their medical care.

9. CRITICAL QUESTIONS¶

Why was a 67-year-old dialysis patient with three open heart surgeries detained? He had been complying with ATD supervision for five years. His convictions were for nonviolent fraud. What enforcement purpose was served that justified the medical risk?
Was Saleh's dialysis care at Krome equivalent to community standard? Where were his dialysis sessions conducted? By whom? Were pre- and post-dialysis assessments performed by nephrologists?
What was the vascular surgeon referral status? Documented September 19 as pending. Was it ever completed? If not, did the October 3 medical payment halt prevent it?
How was Saleh's catheter maintained? What were the sterile protocols? How frequently was the catheter site inspected? Were dressing changes performed by trained personnel?
Did the medical payment halt affect his care? ICE stopped paying third-party providers October 3. Saleh was hospitalized October 10. Were any services delayed, denied, or degraded?
What were his conditions of confinement? Was he in a medical unit or general population? Given Krome's overcrowding, was his environment conducive to managing cardiac disease, diabetes, and a sterile catheter site?
When did the catheter infection begin? The fever that prompted hospitalization on October 10 was a symptom of an infection that may have been developing for days. Were earlier symptoms recognized and treated?
Has any investigation been conducted? The DDR documents the timeline but does not indicate any investigation into whether his detention was medically appropriate or whether the standard of care was met.
Does Saleh have family in the United States? After 31 years, he almost certainly had community ties. No family members have appeared in the public record. The silence around this death is total.
How many other dialysis-dependent detainees are currently at Krome? If the facility cannot safely manage patients with this level of medical complexity, how many others are at comparable risk right now?

10. ASSESSMENT¶

Verification Matrix¶

Claim	Sources	Confidence
Saleh died Oct 11, 2025 at Larkin Community Hospital	ICE DDR, ICE press release, WUSF, WLRN, Miami New Times, Newsweek	CONFIRMED
Age 67, Jordanian national	ICE DDR, multiple sources	CONFIRMED
Cardiac arrest as preliminary cause of death	ICE DDR, ICE press release	CONFIRMED
Detained Sept 14, 2025 in Pompano Beach	ICE DDR	CONFIRMED
LPR since 1994, status revoked after fraud convictions	ICE DDR	CONFIRMED
Released on ATD supervision June 2020, complied for 5 years	ICE DDR	CONFIRMED
Three open heart surgeries	ICE DDR health assessment	CONFIRMED
Dialysis 3x weekly via subclavian catheter	ICE DDR health assessment	CONFIRMED
Bilateral leg bypasses	ICE DDR health assessment	CONFIRMED
Diagnosed with catheter bloodstream infection + pulmonary edema	ICE DDR, Newsweek	CONFIRMED
17th ICE custody death in 2025	WUSF, WLRN, Newsweek	CONFIRMED
Krome 911 calls doubled Jan-July 2025	WLRN, WUSF (facility records)	HIGH
Krome at ~3x operational capacity 2025	HRW, TRAC, Snopes, multiple sources	HIGH
ICE halted medical payments Oct 3, 2025	CBS Atlanta, Popular.info, New Republic	CONFIRMED
14 detention standard violations at Krome, 2025	ICE inspection report	CONFIRMED
Amnesty: conditions at Krome "amount to torture"	Amnesty International Dec 2025 report	CONFIRMED
HRW: "abusive practices" at Krome	HRW July 2025 report	CONFIRMED
Pending vascular surgeon referral Sept 19	ICE DDR	CONFIRMED
32 ICE custody deaths in 2025	NPR, Axios, multiple tracking sources	CONFIRMED
Facility inspection drop of 36% in 2025	POGO investigation	CONFIRMED

Overall Confidence: HIGH¶

This case is exceptionally well-documented through ICE's own records. The Detainee Death Report provides detailed medical history, timeline, and immigration records. The facility conditions are independently documented through DHS OIG inspections, Human Rights Watch investigations, Amnesty International reports, TRAC data analysis, and extensive local journalism. The medical payment crisis is confirmed through internal government documents obtained by journalists and senators.

The core finding -- that a critically ill 67-year-old dialysis patient with three open heart surgeries was detained in a facility operating at three times capacity, with documented medical care failures, during a period when ICE had lost the ability to pay for off-site medical services -- is established by ICE's own documentation and confirmed by multiple independent sources.

11. SOURCES¶

Every. Human. Matters.

Including Hasan Ali Moh'D Saleh, 67, who had three open heart surgeries and needed dialysis three times a week to stay alive, who reported to ICE as ordered for five years, and who died 27 days after being detained in a facility that was bursting at the seams. The catheter that kept him alive became the pathway for the infection that killed him. He was the 17th that year. He would not be the last.

Published by Mortui Vivos Docent Intelligence Project
Methodology: Bellingcat-standard OSINT -- public sources only