Five migrants test positive for COVID-19 in ICE detention centers in Pennsylvania
Pike County Correctional Facility
Jeff Gammage for the Philadelphia Inquirer reports that at least five immigrants held in two ICE detention centers in Pennsylvania have tested positive for COVID-19. Immigration advocates and attorneys have argued that the detention centers are ripe for outbreaks, and that the people confined there — few of whom have been convicted of criminal offenses — must be released to family members for their safety and that of the staff.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in Philadelphia said four people held at the Pike County Correctional Facility have tested positive for the virusl they are from Mexico (2), the Dominican Republic, and Guatemala. In addition, a Mexican national at the York County Prison tested positive.
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