Immigrants at for-profit detention center in Texas launch hunger strike.
Date: 05/22/2020
In Alvarado, Texas, 11 immigrants imprisoned at the Prairieland Detention Center file a class-action lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement demanding their release, after at least 45 people tested positive for the COVID-19. They say Immigration and Customs Enforcement is continuing to transfer immigrants to other facilities across the country, risking the spread of COVID-19 from one Immigration and Customs Enforcement center to another.