COVID-19 Testing and Cases in Immigration Detention Centers, April-August 2020

Erfani, Parsa; Uppal, Nishant; Lee, Caroline H; Mishori, Ranit; Peeler, Katherine R.

doi:10.1001/jama.2020.21473

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“…From February 2020 to August 10, 2020, ICE reported 4444 total confirmed cases of COVID-19 within its detention facilities, from a total of 22,580 [ 6 ], yielding a positive rate of nearly 20%. Increases in COVID-19 testing have not fully explained increasing monthly case rates during the pandemic, suggesting limitations in ICE’s mitigation efforts [ 7 ].…”

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Risk of Poor Outcomes with COVID-19 Among U.S. Detained Immigrants: A Cross-Sectional Study

Patler

Saadi

2021

J Immigrant Minority Health

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Conditions in immigrant detention centers facilitate the spread of infectious diseases like COVID-19. However, there is no publicly-available data on detainees’ health characteristics, making it difficult to estimate the prevalence of risk among detained people. We use cross-sectional survey data from the only survey of detained immigrants, conducted in California in 2013–2014, to assess the prevalence and health-related correlates of health conditions among detained immigrants. We calculated the proportion of detained immigrants with chronic conditions, their interruptions in care, and stratified by sociodemographic characteristics, evaluating differences using two-tailed tests. Among 529 detained immigrants, 42.5% had at least one chronic health condition; 15.5% had multiple chronic conditions. 20.9% experienced disruption in care upon entering detention. 95.6% had access to stable housing in the U.S. Many detained people face health conditions that confer greater risk for poor outcomes with COVID-19. Stable residence can facilitate release of detainees via Alternatives to Detention programs.

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confidence: 99%

Risk of Poor Outcomes with COVID-19 Among U.S. Detained Immigrants: A Cross-Sectional Study

Patler

Saadi

2021

J Immigrant Minority Health

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“…1 Weathering and physiological dysregulation system may result in detention, punishment, and/or deportation [29]. Additionally, similar to incarcerated populations, COVID-19 infection rates are growing faster in immigration detention centers than elsewhere in the USA [30].…”

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Aging and COVID-19 in Minority Populations: a Perfect Storm

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Purpose of Review COVID-19 is a major concern for the health and wellbeing of individuals worldwide. As COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to increase in the USA, aging Black and Hispanic populations have emerged as especially at-risk for increased exposure to COVID-19 and susceptibility to severe health outcomes. The current review discusses the weathering hypothesis and the influence of social inequality on the identified health disparities. Recent Findings Aging minoritized populations have endured structural and social inequality over the lifecourse. Consequently, these populations experience weathering, a process that results in physiological dysregulation due to stress associated with persistent disadvantage. Through weathering and continued inequity, aging minoritized populations have an increased risk of exposure and poor health outcomes from COVID-19. Summary Current literature and available data suggests that aging minoritized persons experience high rates of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality. The current review hypothesizes and supports that observed disparities are the result of inequalities that especially affect Black and Hispanic populations over the lifecourse. Future efforts to address these disparities should emphasize research that supports governments in identifying at-risk groups, providing accessible COVID-19-related information to those groups, and implementing policy that addresses the structural and social inequities that perpetuate current COVID-19 disparities.

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“…By late May 2020, some 350 family members remained in detention and parents faced tough decisions. For example, ICE reportedly asked parents to decide whether to let their children, some as young as one-year-old, to be released by themselves or remain in detention together (Echavarri & Lanard, 2020;Merchant, 2020). Notably, federal judge Dolly M. Gee of the US District Court for the Central District of California ruled in late June 2020 that children held in one of three family detention centers (in Pennsylvania and Texas) must be released by July 17, 2020, if they can be released into custody of a guardian or family member (Jordan, 2020).…”

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“…The situation for those in ICE custody worsened in the following months as numbers as the COVID virus spread throughout the USA. In August, ICE also reported six detainee deaths from COVID-19 (Erfani et al, 2020 ), while data from its website showed that the spread of the virus was more rapid in ICE detention centers when compared to the US population (with 13 times the case rate on average).…”

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confidence: 99%

Human Rights of Forced Migrants During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Opportunity for Mobilization and Solidarity

Libal

Harding

Popescu

et al. 2021

J. Hum. Rights Soc. Work

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The question of human mobility is inextricably tied to the COVID-19 pandemic that started in late 2019 and whose effects continue to unfold. Human mobility-especially with global advances in transportation and interconnectedness-is an important factor in the spread of the pandemic. Yet, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the millions of people forced to migrate for safety and economic reasons has received little attention. In this article, we provide an overview of human rights challenges that forced migrants currently face during this pandemic. While we do not address all dimensions of the impact COVID-19, we highlight several troubling situations that have emerged for refugees and asylum seekers. These include entry restrictions into some countries that had formerly welcomed asylum seekers, overt and covert forms of exclusion of migrants from labor markets due to rising unemployment and economic hardship, and implementing new deportation policies, as well as new exclusionary policies for immigrants who would have been authorized to work in past. Without concerted efforts to amplify solidarity with all forced migrants and ensure their human rights, discriminatory and restrictionist policies enacted in the Global North over the past decade will become entrenched. As a result, fewer refugees and asylum seekers will be accorded protection and continue to face violence and persecution in their home countries.

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COVID-19 Testing and Cases in Immigration Detention Centers, April-August 2020

Cited by 27 publications

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Risk of Poor Outcomes with COVID-19 Among U.S. Detained Immigrants: A Cross-Sectional Study

Risk of Poor Outcomes with COVID-19 Among U.S. Detained Immigrants: A Cross-Sectional Study

Aging and COVID-19 in Minority Populations: a Perfect Storm

Human Rights of Forced Migrants During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Opportunity for Mobilization and Solidarity

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