Hundreds Of Immigrant Detainees Considered Vulnerable To The Coronavirus May Be Released
More than 160 have already been released by ICE in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus in detention facilities.
ICE Must Release 10 Chronically Ill Immigrants After A Judge Said They’re Not Safe From The Coronavirus While In Custody
More than 38,000 immigrants are in ICE custody at US jails, and advocates fear conditions are ripe for mass infections and casualties.
The Trump Administration Is Now Deporting Unaccompanied Immigrant Kids Due To The Coronavirus
A refugee advocate said the administration was “using” a public health crisis “to advance their long-standing goal of overturning US laws protecting vulnerable children."
An ICE Detainee Who Was Released After Getting The Coronavirus Fears What's Next: "This Has Hit My Whole Body"
"The place I used to work at before is closed. I have no way to pay the rent, or food for my daughter,” he told BuzzFeed News while in self-isolation.
Three Unaccompanied Immigrant Children In US Custody Have Tested Positive For The Coronavirus
The children are among the first to test positive for COVID-19 since the coronavirus outbreak started.
Immigrants Afraid Of The Coronavirus Outbreak Are Protesting Inside ICE Facilities
There have been four known use-of-force incidents this week at ICE facilities as fear and anxiety spreads among detainees over COVID-19.
An ICE Detainee Has Become The First To Test Positive For The Coronavirus
The detainee has been held at a New Jersey facility, where last week local officials reported that a correctional officer had also tested positive.
A 42-Year-Old Mexican Man Has Died In ICE Custody
He is the 10th immigrant to die ICE custody this year.
Immigration Judges Have Started Postponing Asylum Cases In Response To Coronavirus Fears
Delays were also reported in El Paso, the location of another court that hears similar cases.
A Staff Member At A Facility Housing Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Has Tested Positive For The Coronavirus
Two unaccompanied children have tested negative for COVID-19, while two others who have been tested are still awaiting results, an agency spokesperson said.
A Medical Worker At An ICE Detention Facility For Immigrants Has Tested Positive For The Coronavirus
The case appears to be the first of an ICE official contracting COVID-19 within a detention facility housing immigrants in the US.
An Immigrant Has Killed Himself In An ICE Family Detention Facility
The death is the ninth in ICE custody in the 2020 fiscal year and surpasses the number of deaths for the entire 2019 fiscal year when eight people died.
The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Prompted ICE To Delay Arresting Immigrants Who Aren't "Public Safety Risks"
The move comes after days of advocates and lawmakers calling for a drawback in ICE enforcement and detention.
A Local Sheriff Said No To More Immigrant Detainees Because Of Coronavirus Fears, So ICE Transferred Them All To New Facilities
“The sheriff wanted to protect the current jail population that we had, along with the employees we have here and the staff at the facility, from the spread of the virus,” a sheriff's spokesperson said.
US Agencies Made It Harder To Reunite Immigrant Families Because They Failed To Keep Accurate Records, Report Finds
The unpublished report by the Government Accountability Office said the failure of US agencies to accurately track and share data made it harder for immigrant families to be reunited.
Immigration Judges Across The US Are Staying Home After The Coronavirus Hit Courtrooms
Immigration judges in New York and San Francisco stayed home from work Tuesday, and their union announced a judge in Denver had COVID-19 symptoms and an Atlanta attorney tested positive.
US Immigration Offices Are Going To Temporarily Close Due To The Coronavirus Pandemic
The move will postpone naturalization ceremonies and citizenship and asylum interviews, among other functions.
The Coronavirus Is Hindering One Of The Trump Administration’s Ways To Deport Asylum-Seekers
Guatemala on Tuesday said it will not take flights of people from Honduras and El Salvador who sought asylum in the US.
Immigrant Detainees At High Risk Of Contracting COVID-19 Should Be Released Now, A Lawsuit States
The immigrants include a 48-year-old Jamaican woman with a progressive liver disease who has been told she has only 10 to 12 years to live.
An Unprecedented Group Of Immigration Prosecutors, Lawyers, And Judges Are Calling For Courts To Be Closed
“It is tremendously unfair for employees like me to have to grapple with who to listen to: my boss or my governor?” one immigration judge in San Francisco told BuzzFeed News.