ICE Detainees Were Pepper-Sprayed During a Briefing on Coronavirus

Employee at Otay Mesa Detention Center tests positive for COVID-19

The missing piece in the coronavirus stimulus bill: Relief for immigrants

Overlooking unauthorized immigrants in the coronavirus response could carry public health costs.

By Nicole Narea

"The bill, known as the CARES Act, delivers direct payments to most taxpayers, vastly expands unemployment benefits, and makes testing for the virus free, among other provisions. But although unauthorized immigrants are no more immune from the effects of the current crisis, the stimulus bill conspicuously leaves them out in the cold — potentially putting them at greater economic and health risk, and impeding public health efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus."

https://www.vox.com/2020/4/1/21197017/immigrants-coronavirus-stimulus-relief-bill

Coronavirus Doesn’t Care Where You Come From. Trump Still Does.

Hostility toward immigrants is hurting the fight against the pandemic.

By The Editorial Board

"Three weeks ago, with much of the United States already gearing up to limit the spread of the coronavirus, the Trump administration’s chief immigration judge sent out a stern order to immigration courts nationwide to take down all public health posters, printed in English and Spanish, on how to deal with the pandemic. “Per our leadership,” the order said, immigration judges did not have the authority to post fliers. “If you see one (attached), please remove it.”"

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/opinion/immigration-coronavirus-border.html

Mr. Trumpet and the Big, Not-So-Great, Wall is a story about a group of friends who live in Yousa, a place filled with music from all over the world. The friends love playing music together, but their friendship, families, and music are threatened when a Mr. Trumpet decides to build a wall and remove those who do not play the music he likes.

This is a story about how a group of friends can overcome heartbreak and separation through working together and believing in one another. People big and small, young and old, near and far, can find strength in caring for one another and building a better world for tomorrow.