Experts call for detainees to be released as ICE confirms COVID-19 case

The World


As Americans rush to buy soap and toilet paper, immigrants in US detention are anxious about what a coronavirus outbreak could mean for them. On Tuesday, ICE confirmed its first case of coronavirus in an immigration detention center. Experts and activists are calling on detained immigrants to be released before it's too late. The World's Halima Gikandi reports.

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