ICE must reduce the population at the Adelanto processing facility to allow detainees to keep six feet apart amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Detainees say they are protesting conditions inside facilities that leave them at risk for contracting the novel coronavirus.
He encouraged ICE officials to prioritize for release detainees who are 55 and older or have preexisting medical or mental health conditions or who have no criminal history or minor criminal convictions.Hatter also ordered Adelanto staff to maintain a six-foot distance from each other and from detainees except in case of emergency, to wear masks and gloves, and to provide cleaning supplies, masks and gloves to detainees for free.
If federal officials “fail to comply with any of the above, the Court will consider the immediate release of class members,” he wrote.About 31,000 immigrants are currently detained by ICE nationwide. As of Thursday, 297 detainees and 35 ICE employees at detention centers haveThe agency has come under scrutiny over protections for detainees as cases of the virus rise inside detention centers.
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