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The Story of COVID-19

Immigrants at for-profit detention center in Texas launch hunger strike.

Date: 05/22/2020

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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.