‘A Public Health Nightmare Waiting To Happen’: Doctors Call For ICE To Release Detainees

More than 3,000 physicians recently sent a letter to ICE asking the agency to release detainees while their legal cases move forward.

By Mallory FalkMarch 27, 2020 1:18 pm, , , , ,

From KERA:

As the number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. continues to climb, medical experts are turning their attention to immigration detention centers. Many say these facilities are tinderboxes for a coronavirus outbreak and are urging authorities to release detainees before the virus spreads within the centers and then back outside.

 

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