Calls grow for ICE to release immigrants to avoid coronavirus outbreak
"Can you imagine if you get an outbreak in these detention facilities? It's going to spread like wildfire," a former head of ICE told CBS News.
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"Can you imagine if you get an outbreak in these detention facilities? It's going to spread like wildfire," a former head of ICE told CBS News.
The agency still has not addressed calls to downsize its detainee population to prevent a coronavirus outbreak inside its scores of detention centers.
Advocates say the detainees, who have health conditions ranging from heart disease to epilepsy, are at risk of getting severely ill or dying.
"They pointed the gun at my brother's head and shot him in the cheek," said Kevin Yanez Cruz.
The University of Farmington was opened in 2015 as a guise by ICE officials to enticed foreign-born students
An official told lawmakers he didn't know how many children remain separated from their parents months after an ICE raid in Mississippi
The proposal by Senator Tammy Duckworth, an Army veteran, is designed to safeguard a little-known immigration program the Trump administration might end
The outcome could have major implications for asylum seekers and the speed at which they can be deported
"We came to this country in search of liberty. And we've found death and detention," an immigrant detained at the facility told CBS News
ICE confirmed the death hours after CBS News reported it, saying the preliminary cause of death appears to be "self-inflicted strangulation"
The event ended peacefully, authorities told CBS Denver
There are 66 mini courtrooms in Brownsville that are connected to judges across the country via video conferencing
Employers can be fined up to nearly $20,000 per undocumented worker, but none have been fined yet
Nearly 700 undocumented workers were rounded up at work places in Mississippi on Wednesday. Some have been released — but communities are still reeling from the massive operation
In a series of workplace raids in southern Mississippi, authorities apprehended approximately 680 undocumented workers
"Let my parent be free with everybody else please," the girl says after her father was one of hundreds of undocumented immigrants rounded up by ICE in Mississippi
The doctors say migrant detention centers "may not be following best practices with respect to screening, treatment, isolation, and prevention of influenza"
Francisco Erwin Galicia said he didn't shower for 23 days and was not provided with enough food while detained
"We cannot accept this," tweeted former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about a CBS News report that "well over 4,000" migrant children can be detained indefinitely
"Unfortunately, I have well over 4,000 of those children in my care," Office of Refugee Resettlement Director Jonathan Hayes told CBS News in an exclusive interview
His lawyer provided official documents – including his birth certificate
ICE agents blocked a father and son in their driveway for hours – but neighbors came to their aid
The facility cost $50 million and has been open for just over three weeks
Advocates believe the new change will allow the government to deport undocumented immigrants who have lived in the U.S. for more than a year without offering them due process
Kevin McAleenan testified about conditions at the border one day after meeting with Norah O'Donnell in Texas