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9. 77 migrants in ICE custody, and 101 ICE staff, have tested positive so far.
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 02:05 PM
Apr 2020

Looks like ICE staff are the superspreaders. Here's the story at ABC without a paywall: 

https://abcnews.go.com/International/75-migrants-deported-guatemala-single-flight-tested-positive/story?id=70156471 

From the ABC News link: 

An ICE spokesperson previously told ABC News that the agency does not deport ill detainees and conducts a "visual screening" and temperature check before deportation, ensuring a deportee's temperature is below 100.4 degrees. 

But in at least one instance, a Guatemalan national deported on March 26 by ICE did not show symptoms until he arrived in his home country. With dozens of other migrants on board his U.S. government flight, it's possible he infected others then or while he was being processed into the country. 

To date, at least 77 migrants in ICE custody in the U.S. have tested positive for COVID-19, with the agency announcing Tuesday it would temporarily release 693 detainees deemed low risks to public safety as it moves to stop the virus' spread among immigrants and its staff -- 101 of whom have also tested positive.

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