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Dear John,
As the world responds to the COVID-19 pandemic, the men, women, and children who are locked up in U.S. immigration detention face these uncertain times while left behind in facilities where crowded conditions place them at increased risk and where access to medical care may be limited.
Detained immigrants and asylum-seekers face grave risks — including illness and even death — if exposed to infection in immigration detention facilities. Amnesty International teams have received credible and very disturbing accounts from people detained in dangerous conditions in ICE immigration detention facilities.
URGENT: All people should have the same access to care and safety — and immigrants and asylum-seekers must not be treated as an afterthought. Please take action right now.
Immigrants and asylum-seekers were already facing enormous threats to their health and safety. But now — during the COVID-19 pandemic — these threats are exponentially multiplying and we must ensure they are not forgotten.
Describing a 6-month-old baby who had been detained since February 22, lawyers recently told Amnesty International: “When she coughs, it’s like an old man who coughs – you can hear her coughing in another room.”
This is abhorrent. Please add your name to help advocate to ensure that immigrants and asylum-seekers locked up in crowded detention facilities have access to care and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. Take immediate action.
Thank you for your swift action today, and be well.
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