ICE ordered to reduce population at Adelanto immigrant detention center hit by COVID-19
LA TimesFamily members and supporters of detainees at the Adelanto Immigration Detention Center hold signs in front of the Los Angeles Federal Building during a news conference to begin a hunger strike protesting poor conditions in the facility. A federal judge in Los Angeles on Tuesday ordered the immediate reduction of the population of the Adelanto ICE processing center due to an outbreak of COVID-19 spreading through the facility. Of 784 immigrants housed at the 1,940-bed detention center, 81 have tested positive for the coronavirus, including nine requiring hospitalization, according to U.S. District Judge Terry Hatter’s written ruling. However, Hatter found that the government’s response to COVID-19 “remains inadequate and objectively unreasonable.” California COVID-19 cases leap in outbreak at ICE detention center in Adelanto Several units at the facility are under quarantine as the number of those testing positive for the coronavirus more than doubled in the span of a few days.
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