Coronavirus outbreak hits immigration detainees before vaccine eligibility opens for jails in Illinois
Provided Irbin Rocha got a form about a month ago asking if he wanted to take the vaccine against COVID-19 while in immigration custody at the Jerome Combs Detention Center. But an outbreak in January left Rocha and at least 21 other immigration detainees sick with COVID-19 just before they became eligible for a vaccine in Illinois, according to statistics from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s website. As of Monday, there were 13 active COVID-19 cases out of a total of 22, according to ICE. “Everybody got different symptoms,” Rocha said last week during a phone call from the j...
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