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
ICE then rejected our Lit team's TRO request that he be sent to a hospital. Instead of setting him free on parole, they set a ransom for his freedom at $10,000. In this moment Sergio sits in a group with 20 others fighting the virus. #FreeThemALL 4/5
Our Lit team headed by @Meethsoni2 is still in the midst of litigating a group TRO for Sergio and other ImmDef clients at Otay Mesa. We await the government's response, expected tomorrow. #FreeThemALL Read the story: on.wsj.com/2W6zU1e 5/5
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