The Biden administration is sending the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to the U.S.’s southern border to care for unaccompanied migrant children amid a recent influx.
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.
Nevada governor gets COVID-19 vaccine beside grocery workers
March 11, 2021
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1of11Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak gets the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Trashelle Miro, Albertsons pharmacy manager, at an Albertsons supermarket pharmacy in Las Vegas Thursday, March 11, 2021. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP)STEVE MARCUS/APShow MoreShow Less
2of11Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak, center, talks with Trashelle Miro, Albertsons pharmacy manager, after getting the Johnson & Johnson Janssen COVID-19 vaccine at an Albertsons supermarket pharmacy in Las Vegas Thursday, March 11, 2021. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP)STEVE MARCUS/APShow MoreShow Less
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4of11Trashelle Miro, Albertsons pharmacy manager, gives the Johnson & Johnson Janssen COVID-19 vaccine to employee Roman Avalos at an Albertsons supermarket pharmacy in Las Vegas, Thursday, March 11, 2021. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP)Steve Marcus/APShow MoreShow Less