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ACLU: COVID-19 Outbreak Moving Through Adelanto ICE Detention Center

Posted by Contributing Editor on September 17, 2020 in Government | Leave a response
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A civil rights group in Los Angeles called Thursday for the government to take immediate action to combat what it called a major outbreak of COVID-19 moving through the Adelanto ICE Processing Center.

Of 80 jailed immigrants tested, 38 have tested positive, with an undisclosed number of results “still pending,” according to the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California, which quoted documents provided by the U.S. Department of Justice in response to an ACLU request.

The tests were done on people in two dorms at the center run by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that had reported COVID-19 cases, according to the ACLU.

A request for comment sent to ICE was not immediately answered.

Late Wednesday, the ACLU filed an emergency request for a temporary restraining order in Los Angeles federal court. It calls for:

— immediate testing of all people held at the Adelanto center;

— the use of a rapid test that gives results in hours rather than days;

— medical isolation of people confirmed as positive; and

— medical isolation of people whose test results are pending.

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The filing also asks for far more disclosure on testing and conditions at the Adelanto center. ACLU lawyers had previously asked for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to test everyone held at the facility and the release of medically vulnerable individuals.

“We have argued for months that the government’s response to COVID-19 was putting the lives of immigrants held there at great risk,” said Jessica Bansal, senior staff attorney at the ACLU SoCal. “We urge all actors — including the federal government, the state of California, and the federal courts — to take the steps needed to protect these individuals from this deadly disease.”

As of late last month, Adelanto was at 43% capacity, with fewer than 900 detainees, according to court documents.

In July, defense attorneys began filing bail applications with a Los Angeles federal judge on behalf of detainees at Adelanto requesting release. Since then, the judge has ordered nearly 60 detainees to be released.

ACLU: COVID-19 Outbreak Moving Through Adelanto ICE Detention Center was last modified: September 17th, 2020 by Contributing Editor

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