Unpopular Opinion – Ep. 363 – ICE Detention Centers and COVID-19

Samantha Clarke

Adam and Jeff talk to Atif Myers about the inhumane treatment of detainees in ICE detention facilities all across America.

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Reference Links

Amnesty International Posts Billboards Calling for Immigrant Families to be Released

https://www.inquirer.com/news/billboard-amnesty-international-immigration-ice-family-detention-berks-20200915.html

COVID-19 Has Made ICE Detention Centers Even More Dangerous

https://www.kqed.org/news/11833269/covid-19-has-made-ice-detention-centers-even-more-dangerous

Detainees In California Doused With Dangerous Chemicals To Fight COVID

https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/immigrants-ice-detention-trump-border-wall-covid-chemicals-a9670771.html

Detainees Who Test Positive For COVID Sent to Solitary Confinement

https://theintercept.com/2020/08/24/ice-detention-coronavirus-solitary-confinement/

Muslim Detainees Forced to Eat Pork In Florida Facility

https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2020/09/01/tlaib-demands-investigation-into-claims-that-muslim-detainees-are-being-fed-pork

Detainees Claim Systemic Sexual Assault At El Paso Facility

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/08/14/texas-immigrant-detention-ice-el-paso-sexual-abuse/

Involuntary Hysterectomies In Georgia Detention Centers

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/14/ice-detainees-hysterectomies-medical-neglect-irwin-georgia

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ice-whistleblower-hysterectomies-women-covid-19-torture-human-rights-abuse-give-citizenship-abolish-b448468.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/aoc-ice-detention-camp-surgery-investigation-whistleblower-b447596.html

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/9/15/21437805/whistleblower-hysterectomies-nurse-irwin-ice

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