The people most affected are families tied to those in ICE detention, who now carry the weight of knowing violence can reach even inside a federal immigration facility. Advocates say the anniversary matters because it keeps attention on a shooting that killed two men in government custody, a detail that raises hard questions about security and accountability.
For the widow, the year has meant grieving in public. Her husband's death has become part of a broader conversation among advocates about safety at ICE facilities, one that has drawn renewed scrutiny to how such attacks could happen at all.
A year later, the questions about how it happened still outweigh the answers.