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U.S. Senator from Virginia. Vice Chairman, Senate Intel Committee.

Sep 11, 2020, 5 tweets

Despite the constant surge in COVID cases, @ICEgov has endangered a staggering number of lives of detainees and Virginians because it decided to transfer detainees during this pandemic. Have they no shame?

Sen. @timkaine and I have raised the alarm about these transfers before.

On June 26, Sen. Kaine and I called on @ICEgov to stop transferring detainees amid this pandemic.
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On July 16, Sen. Kaine and I kept the pressure on @ICEgov to stop transferring detainees amid a surge of #COVID cases in detention centers.
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And on July 29, Sen. Kaine and I urged this administration to work with the @CDCgov to create and deploy teams of public health professionals to Farmville Detention Center, where nearly every detainee had contracted COVID-19.
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I’m outraged and I’m immediately demanding answers from @DHSgov and @ICEgov about this report.

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