To stay or to go?
Hannah Dreier, The Washington Post
Dec. 26, 2020
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1of3Kevin Euceda, an asylum seeker from Honduras, in detention at Farmville, Va. As the novel coronavirus sickened detainees in the facility, Kevin wrestled with the question of whether he was better off pursuing his asylum claim or asking to be deported.Washington Post photo by Michael S. WilliamsonShow MoreShow Less
2of3Outside the town of Farmville, Va., is a holding center for immigrants detained by federal authorities. The facility was the site of one of the largest outbreaks of the novel coronavirus in the immigration detention system. The picture above is from 2010.Washington Post photo by Michael S. WilliamsonShow MoreShow Less
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ICE blamed for 245,000 COVID-19 cases as watchdog says its detention centers were a hotbed of infections that spread the virus into surrounding communities
A study released Wednesday by Detention Watch Network found U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement responsible for a COVID-19 outbreak
The advocacy group found that coronavirus infections at ICE detention centers were eventually spread to neighboring communities
Detention Watch Network learned more that 245,000 positive cases in the country were directly related to infections at ICE detention centers
As of Wednesday, ICE reported 496 active coronavirus cases at 112 detention centers, where eight detainees died while in custody
Overall, ICE detected 7,851 positive cases within its undocumented immigrant inmate population since the start of the pandemic