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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.
Transcript: President Joe Biden on the coronavirus pandemic
The Associated Press
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President Joe Biden takes off his mask to speak about the COVID-19 pandemic during a prime-time address from the East Room of the White House, Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Washington.Andrew Harnik/AP
Transcript of President Joe Biden s speech Thursday, March 11, 2021, on the coronavirus pandemic, as provided by the White House:
Good evening, my fellow Americans.
Tonight, I’d like to talk to you about where we are as we mark one year since everything stopped because of this pandemic.
A year ago, we were hit with a virus that was met with silence and spread unchecked.