A federal judge in New York state has ordered officials to come up with a plan to vaccine detained immigrants, but for the rest of the nation, questions remain.
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.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. – After news that a grand jury announced no criminal charges would be brought against the Rochester officers whose restraint of Daniel Prude may have caused his death, members of the city s Black community expressed grief, anger and fatigue, along with a determination to set a new path forward.
As they did throughout fall 2020, people in Rochester took to the streets Tuesday evening, including more than 100 people who gathered at Jefferson Avenue and Samuel McCree Way, where Prude had encountered the police. No arrests and no apparent physical clashes with law enforcement were reported.
Protesters expressed frustration with the Rochester Police Department and the grand jury s decision not to charge any officers in Prude s death, which comes on the heels of similar findings in the high-profile cases of Jacob Blake and Breonna Taylor. The Kenosha, Wisconsin, officer who shot Blake was not charged. One Louisville, Kentucky, officer was indicted on co
System is broken : Black community expresses anger, fatigue after officers cleared in Daniel Prude s death Tracy Schuhmacher, Robert Bell and Jay Cannon, USA TODAY
Protests in Rochester after officers not charged
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. – After news that a grand jury announced no criminal charges would be brought against the Rochester officers whose restraint of Daniel Prude may have caused his death, members of the city s Black community expressed grief, anger and fatigue, along with a determination to set a new path forward.
As they did throughout fall 2020, people in Rochester took to the streets Tuesday evening, including more than 100 people who gathered at Jefferson Avenue and Samuel McCree Way, where Prude had encountered the police. No arrests and no apparent physical clashes with law enforcement were reported.