March 31, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic has infected more than 180,000 people in the U.S., federal judges have fielded requests from individuals in immigration detention centers, which feature close quarters and allegedly shoddy medical services, to be temporarily released from custody.
March 27, 2020
Two New York federal judges have ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to immediately release 14 detainees at four correctional facilities in New Jersey and New York, finding that the agency can't adequately protect them from the coronavirus outbreak.