ICE has no clear plan to vaccinate thousands of detainees
Maria Sacchetti, The Washington Post
March 12, 2021
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In this photo, a staff member works in the infirmary, a series of tents, at the U.S. government s newest holding center for migrant children in Carrizo Springs, Texas. At least 370 detainees at ICE detention centers are currently positive with covid-19, according to agency records. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Eric Gay/Associated Press
The coronavirus has been running rampant for months through Immigration and Customs Enforcement s network of jails holding civil immigration detainees fighting deportation - but the agency has no vaccination program and, unlike the Bureau of Prisons, is relying on state and local health departments to procure vaccine doses. Nobody can say how many detainees have been vaccinated.
San Antonio ICE facilities have reported more than 1,000 COVID-19 cases
Karly Williams
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Immigrants seeking asylum hold hands as they walk across the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley last year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Eric Gay /Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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The South Texas ICE Processing Center in Pearsall, about an hour s drive southwest of San Antonio, had the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases in the San Antonio region, with 292 confirmed cases as of Thursday.Eric Gay /Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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Texas and Florida are currently leading the nation among immigration detainee deaths as overall deaths continue to increase due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles out last week.