Twenty-one detainees have tested positive for the coronavirus since being moved from jails in the northeast US to Texas.
On April 11, Behzad Jalili and 71 other immigrant detainees were removed from two jails in New York and Pennsylvania, ushered onto a government plane, and flown to a third jail in Texas.coronavirus
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials took the detainees’ temperatures before transferring them from two detention centers that were grappling with coronavirus outbreaks: The Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia, New York, had seven known cases on April 11, and the Pike County Correctional Facility in Lords Valley, Pennsylvania, had five. Since then, the numbers have jumped to 49 and 16, respectively.
Jalili, who was detained by ICE officials in 2018 after allegations of immigration fraud — charges he denies — said he had seen some of the men he traveled with from the northeast pulled out of the dorm after exhibiting symptoms of the disease. Inevitably, he said, word will spread that they’ve tested positive. The tension is especially high when someone coughs or sneezes — like a zombie movie, he said, in which everyone is worried that they’ll be exposed and “turned.
“ICE has long suffered from a lack of coordination and communication on the detention front,” said one former senior ICE official who requested anonymity in order to speak freely. “I think the fact that ICE continues on with regular interstate and facility transfers like this shows how little critical thinking is happening about both detainee, officer, and facility staff safety.”
“The health, welfare and safety of ICE detainees is one of the agency’s highest priorities. ICE tests individuals in its custody for COVID-19 in compliance with CDC guidance and updates procedures as new guidance becomes available,” an ICE spokesperson said in an email to BuzzFeed News.
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