A growing number of immigrant rights advocates are calling for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release undocumented immigrants in its custody, considering the potential for widespread cases of COVID-19 (the illness caused by the novel coronavirus) in detention facilities.
In a March 19 letter to ICE, San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju asked for the release of detainees at the Yuba County Jail and the Mesa Verde Detention Center.