Lest we forget about the caged migrants in ICE detention.

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https://thehill.com/latino/496503-immigrant-detainee-with-covid-19-dies-in-ice-custody-aclu

The ACLU on Wednesday reported the first confirmed death from COVID-19 at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in San Diego.

The ACLU said a migrant detained at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego died from the virus, and urged ICE to release more people from detention to prevent further fatalities.

“This is a terrible tragedy, and it was entirely predictable and preventable. For months, public health experts and corrections officials have warned that detention centers would be Petri dishes for the spread of COVID-19 — and a death trap for thousands of people in civil detention,” ACLU deputy director of immigration policy Andrea Flores said in a statement.
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“Unless ICE acts quickly to release far more people from detention, they will keep getting sick and many more will die," she added.

The detention center in San Diego has the most COVID-19 cases of any detention center with 123 confirmed cases from migrants at the center, according to ICE data last updated on April 25.

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