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According to the report from the organization El Refugio, which coordinates care for those in custody at Stewart Detention Center, immigrants at the facility are not receiving regular testing or personal protective equipment and medical treatment for COVID-19 is often delayed. Credit David Goldman / Associated PRess file
Roberto was only in the Stewart Detention Center for less than a couple of months, but he got COVID-19.
“I couldn’t breathe. I lost my sense of smell, my sense of taste. My chest was hurting,” he says. “I felt like I was gonna get a heart attack. I was afraid to fall asleep.”