🚨 #DontLookAway: A 3rd ICE detainee at the Stewart Detention Center in Georgia has died from #COVID19
This (preventable) death comes only a week after a whistleblower reported inadequate protections for the virus at another GA immigrant detention center.
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If you missed the news here's a recap:
Dawn Wooten, a former nurse at ICE’s Irwin County Detention Center (also in GA), revealed that ICE:
➡️ Performed hysterectomies on women against their will
➡️ Refused to test people in detention for #COVID19
➡️ Shredded medical records
While these events have both taken place in Georgia (be that at 2 different detention centers), do NOT think for one minute that this isn't going on elsewhere across the country.
We've seen medical neglect of ICE detainees in GA, TX, CA, FL...the list goes on.
Neglect, abuse and cruelty aren't things that just "happen" inside ICE detention centers. They are the result of a system profoundly rooted in xenophobia and racism.
It is costing lives.
And it is intentional.
If you follow us and our work, you've probably seen & heard us ask to #EndDetention & #FreeThemAll.
You've probably joined in on signing petitions, sharing actions, donating...etc.
Today we ask you for more.
Join us TONIGHT at 8pm CST for a virtual event to learn how you can participate in a national call to action against ICE.
#YaBasta once and for all. It's time to #AbolishICE
raicestexas.org/2020/09/18/org…
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