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Policy Brief: Immigrant detention, COVID-19, and opportunities for action

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This policy brief was co-published with Physicians for Human Rights and the Immigrant Defense Advocates.

 

 

UC Davis Global Migration Center Policy Brief: Immigrant detention, COVID-19, and opportunities for action

Caitlin Patler, University of California, Davis

Altaf Saadi,  Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Hamid Yazdan Panah, Immigrant Defense Advocates 

Conditions of confinement in immigrant detention facilities make them a ticking time bomb for COVID-19 infections. The health risks are dire and urgent, but federal and state governments can still take legal action to prevent infections, flatten the curve, and save lives.

Here is the link.

KJ

 

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