The U.S. wants to 'review and validate' Guatemala's claims before taking action.
on Thursday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson Jenny Burke said CDC officials were already on the ground in Guatemala"to review and validate" the claims.
Currently, ICE does screen deportees for symptoms of coronavirus before making them board deportation flights. However, it does not test deportees for the virus, which does not always cause clear symptoms. Further, when it does, they can take days to manifest. A mother and daughter arrive on an ICE deportation flight from Brownsville, Texas on August 29, 2019 to Guatemala City. ICE has continued to facilitate deportation flights amid the coronavirus pandemic.At one facility, the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, California, at least 17 detainees have tested positive for coronavirus, while 12 detainees also tested positive at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia, New York.
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