Congressional Hispanic Caucus calls on ICE to release detainees amid COVID-19 crisis. - NBCLatino
Tania Linares Garcia, senior litigation attorney for the National Immigrant Justice Center, said clients detained in ICE facilities have told her that they do not have supplies to sanitize their living spaces.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said the conditions pose an enormous risk to detainees' health and safety. Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, said ICE officials should release nonviolent detainees who present no threat to the public, family members, an attorney or sponsors. "ICE's failure to reduce detention numbers and mitigate the spread of COVID-19 has a real possibility of creating a severe health crisis for detention centers and overwhelming local health care facilities," Garcia said.sued ICE facilities
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