Friday, January 14, 2022
Coronavirus infections inside U.S. immigration detention centers surge by 520% in 2022
Color me not shocked in the least. CBS is reporting that coronavirus infections inside U.S. immigration detention centers have surged by 520% in 2022:
On Thursday, 1,766 immigrants were being monitored or isolated at ICE detention facilities due to confirmed coronavirus infections, a more than sixfold jump from January 3, when there were 285 active cases, government statistics show.The number of detainees with active COVID-19 cases represents 8% of the 22,000 immigrants ICE is currently holding in its network of 200 detention centers, county jails and for-profit prisons.
Not good.
It's time to re-read this article by immprof Fatma Marouf (TAMU): The Impact of COVID-19 on Immigration Detention.
-KitJ
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2022/01/coronavirus-infections-inside-us-immigration-detention-centers-surge-by-520-in-2022.html