ACLU urges Biden administration to make Covid-19 vaccines available to detained immigrants

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The American Civil Liberties Union is urging the Biden administration to provide Covid-19 vaccine access to immigrants in detention, citing the rapid spread of coronavirus in congregate settings, according to a letter sent to the Department of Homeland Security and obtained by CNN.

Over the course of the coronavirus pandemic, Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities wrestled with a growing number of positive cases, totaling more than 15,000 confirmed cases and nine deaths. As of May 25, there are 1,495 positive Covid-19 cases in ICE custody, according to agency data.

The ACLU, which filed dozens of lawsuits against ICE during the pandemic, called the lack of a vaccine strategy for the detained population a "failure" in a Thursday letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and acting ICE Director Tae Johnson.

"ICE's failure to ensure a coordinated strategy for vaccination continues to endanger people in detention nationwide," the letter reads, adding: "Meanwhile, Covid-19 outbreaks continue to spread in detention facilities nationwide, risking the health and safety of detainees despite ICE's duty to protect those in its custody, in violation of their constitutional rights."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/immigration-aclu-urges-biden-administration-to-make-covid-19-vaccines-available-to-detained-immigrants/ar-AAKrUKP

[Walleye]

1. We need to tell the anti-VAXers that their share is going to Undocumented immigrants

[liberalmuse]

2. This is a no-brainer.

Pretty much everyone who is going to get vaccinated has gotten vaccinated and many mass vaccination sites are starting to close down. I'm hoping none of the vaccines are going to waste. We should have been vaccinating undocumented immigrants in detention facilities from the get go.

[WA-03 Democrat]

3. Good idea! n/t