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Over the past couple weeks a common fear has been coming up in conversations with our clients detained at #OtayMesa, one of the hardest hit detention centers with Covid cases.

“If I die in here. What is going to happen to my children?”

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Having almost accepted the real possibility of dying in detention, their new terror is having their children swept up in the foster care system or worse, deported.
To help them we've been reaching out to pro-bono attorneys to help them draw up wills that include family plans.
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America’s “give us your tired, your poor . . .” immigration system stopped being one you simply had to get through a long time ago.

It is now a system you have to literally survive.

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45% of people in ICE prisons tested for COVID-19 have positive results according to ICE. Our client Sergio, held in #OtayMesa, is one of those positive numbers. He is a political asylum seeker that was forced to wait 4 days to be tested. Read his story on.wsj.com/2W6zU1e 1/5
“It is terrible to be sick, because there are also other people I hear crying and complaining—they are in significant pain,” Sergio shared with @WSJ @AlejandroLazo Sergio himself has had trouble sleeping due to the pain and fevers. #FreeThemAll 2/5
#OtayMesa is ICE's hardest hit by COVID-19 prison in the nation, with almost 100 people who have tested positive. @CargioliM sought bond for COVID-19 positive client Sergio from an IJ but it was denied due to Sergio having been in MPP. 3/5
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Our LGBTQ clients + clients living with HIV have suffered life threatening mistreatment and medical neglect at #OtayMesa.

This is not isolated to Otay, it is widespread abuse that has been well documented and brought to @DHSgov + @ICEgov’s attention, yet nothing has been done.
@DHSgov @ICEgov Our client Y.E. is a trans woman from Mexico who was repeatedly + brutally gang raped + as a result contracted HIV + anal tearing. After she lawfully presented herself at border to seek asylum she was detained + taken off her HIV medication for sometime.
@DHSgov @ICEgov Y.E. also repeatedly asked for medical attention to address her anal tearing, but was not given any bc tearing did not happen at facility. As a result she developed an infection causing anal bleeding. She was held in custody for months before being released on parole.
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