In Their Own Words: ICE Detainees Talk of Coronavirus Fears, Anxieties, Anger

Coronavirus is beginning its devastating slither into the local jails where ICE detainees are held, prompting authorities to release low-level criminally charged inmates. But ICE detainees—who are held on civil immigration charges as they await hearings on orders of deportation—are still locked up. And so in more than a dozen calls to Gothamist/WNYC, several of the approximately 1,500 people in ICE detention at four local county jails and one private facility said they are increasingly anxious, angry, and agitating for release. Here's what they're seeing inside, and how they're feeling about their situation. 

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