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An Insider investigation found that federal negligence could leave thousands of at-risk immigrants out of the largest vaccine rollout in history.
Insider found no evidence that ICE asked states to vaccinate detainees, as the agency claimed. ICE now says the COVID-19 vaccine rollout included doses for detainees — but some states never got the message. Read the Insider investigation that revealed how federal negligence could leave thousands of at-risk immigrants out of the largest vaccine rollout in history. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has reversed its previous claim that it was "working with state and local health departments to ensure that the ICE detainee population is included in state vaccination plans," following an ...
This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Experts say incarcerated people should be among the first to receive the COVID vaccine. But ICE has no plan to vaccinate detainees, an Insider investigation has found. Experts raised concerns that thousands of detained immigrants were falling through the cracks. When US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Giovannie Morrison in October, the pandemic was burning through his home state of California. Naturally, he feared catching COVID-19 in a c...
After a Month, Just 900 DHS Employees Have Received COVID Vaccine Some 53,000 agency employees are eligible for early access. The Homeland Security Department is facing increasing pressure over its efforts to distribute COVID-19 vaccines, as employees say management is slowing the process and some lawmakers are taking issue with its prioritization plan. DHS and the Veterans Affairs Department on Jan. 6 began a partnership to get frontline personnel vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, but that has so far yielded just 900 inoculations of Homeland Security employees out of its 23...
Latin Americans Getting Impatient With Immigration Reform Even after Biden's first week in office, some migrants have grown impatient as he fails to overturn more Trump immigration policies. Migrants are hoping President Joe Biden will change immigration policies and provide them a better path to come into the U.S. Biden has already issued a wave of executive orders on immigration and will sign more on Friday, including orders to extend legal immigration, restore the asylum system and enhance the refugee processing system. Officials are afraid that these policy changes could cause a large gro...