Judges, advocates and even ICE prosecutors all say the coronavirus puts staff and others in harm’s way. The feds have reopened immigration courts anyway.
The dozen LGBTQ women came from an ICE facility in New Mexico, which was abruptly closed after complaints about medical care and the death of one woman.
‘Updated procedures’ from the Seattle field office of U.S. Customs and Border Protection told agents to also detain people with ties to Palestine and Lebanon, and to ask about their religion.