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