Immigrant Detainee Becomes First Covid-19 Casualty in ICE Facility

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A detainee at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego has become the first Covid-19 casualty in an ICE facility

Carlos Ernesto Escobar Mejia was born in El Salvador but spent most of his life in the U.S.

He was taken into ICE custody about four months ago, said Alex Mensing, an organizer with Pueblo Sin Fronteras, an immigrant-rights organization in Oakland, Calif. Mr. Mensing, who spoke to Mr. Escobar Mejia’s family, said he had...

 

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And the dems still want to open the border

Jails are for criminals. Being illegally in the country it is not a crime.

My bro in law is serving time in a jail & then he goes to an ice facility probably in 30 yrs but he really needs to get this virus & you know get on because he gave my niece herpes with his mouth when she was 4 yrs old. Took her virginity. Repeated sex abuse. Had a trial.Mexican.

I was hoping it wouldn't reach there, this could get bad. Whatever your politics, or position on undocumented immigrants. There are people now locked away while ICE might not be equipped to deal with mass spread of the disease.

73,000 Americans have died. 1 detainee has died at an ICE facility. And?

Safer in than out it seems

😞it is only going to get worse.

That has been reported. Is there a person on this planet that trusts the Trump administration to reliably report COVID19 deaths in ICE custody? (Other than Fox News viewers or WSJ readers.)

So ICE has a pretty good record then?

And?

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