U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement faces mounting pressure as COVID-19 continues to spread through its detention facilities and civil liberty advocates levy new allegations of misconduct. Amid the health crisis, a joint report released this week from the ACLU, Human Rights Watch and National Immigrant
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement faces mounting pressure as COVID-19 continues to spread through its detention facilities and civil liberty advocates levy new allegations of misconduct.
The report details the story of Manuel Amaya Portillo, a 23-year-old asylum seeker from Honduras who was apprehended at the southern border and booked into the Winn Correctional Center in October 2019. His actual name was used in the report. Broader concerns about conditions at ICE facilities come as the number of COVID-19 cases among detainees has grown to 522 as of Friday night, according to the agency. In total, 1,073 detainees have been tested out of the roughly 30,000 held in custody.
She’s afraid of not being able to work as a nurse again if her arm does not heal properly, an ACLU spokesperson told ABC News. MORE: Immigrant detention numbers decline as COVID-19 spikes and controversial border policies take hold
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