Another federal judge does what ICE won't do and orders release of more immigrants amid pandemic
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The courts have continued to protect immigrants who are at risk due to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s refusal to free people amid the coronavirus crisis, after a federal judge on Tuesday ordered federal immigration officials to immediately releasAnother federal judge does what ICE won't do and orders release of more immigrants amid pandemic
The courts have continued to protect immigrants who are at risk due to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s refusal to free people amid the coronavirus crisis, after a federal judge on Tuesday ordered federal immigration officials to immediately release 10 people from three facilities in Pennsylvania. “All of the people who filed the lawsuit are at high risk of contracting COVID-19 due to their age or medical conditions or both,” said the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Pennsylvania, which represented the group. Like other judges who have recently released at-risk immigrants, Federal Judge John Jones III blasted their ongoing detention during a pandemic that has already killed thousands of people in the U.S. “Should we fail to afford relief to Petitioners,” he wrote, “we will be a party to an unconscionable and possibly barbaric result.” Read more