COVID-19

Immigrant detention facilities fail to implement proper safety practices in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the number of detainees continues to rise, so too does the number of immigrants who succumb to the virus while under the care of Border Patrol and ICE.

Resources:

NBC San Diego's Inside the Otay Mesa Detention Center: A Detainee Speaks About Conditions article

The Center for Migration Studies' Immigrant Detention and COVID-19: How the US Detention System Became a Vector for the Spread of the Pandemic essay

NPR's 'You Can Either Be A Survivor Or Die': COVID-19 Cases Surge In ICE Detention radio report