Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Judge Demands Better Oversight Of Children's Health In ICE Detention
The New York Times: Judge Orders New Oversight Of Immigrant Children’s Detention
A federal judge this week found that officials at immigration detention centers in Texas and California had likely housed children and other detainees at unsafe temperatures and had denied them soap and adequate sleeping conditions. In an order issued on Monday, Judge Dolly M. Gee of the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles said she was appointing an independent monitor and a special master — an expert assigned to assist her — as she tracks the government’s compliance with a 1997 legal agreement that sets basic standards of care for immigrant children in U.S. custody. (Ulloa, 8/18)
The 19th: ICE Violence Against Women Is Largely Untracked. One Advocacy Group Is Working To Change That.
Immigration agents with prior records of sexual and gender-based violence have drawn attention in Trump’s second term amid questions about training and vetting. (Norwood, 8/18)
ProPublica: Senators Criticize Trump Administration’s Demands For Foreign Health Data
Citing reporting by ProPublica, eight Democratic U.S. senators have criticized the Trump administration’s demands to access the health data of millions of people as a condition of giving lifesaving aid to other countries. In a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the senators, including minority leader Chuck Schumer, said the U.S. demands were “unprecedented and at odds with U.S. policy concerning the data of American citizens.” (Lerner and Barry-Jester, 8/19)
AP: Congresswoman Says ICE Target In Maine Shooting Wasn't Up For Deportation
The person Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents targeted in Maine last month when an officer shot and killed a motorist was a roommate who was not subject to a final removal order, a Democratic congresswoman from the state said. Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a 25-year-old Colombian national, was shot and killed by an ICE agent in a car near his Biddeford home on July 13. Rep. Chellie Pingree said during a hearing in Maine on Monday that ICE’s intended target was Durán Guerrero’s roommate, who was the owner of the car Durán Guerrero was driving. (Whittle, 8/18)
CBS News: U.S. Quietly Deporting Mexican Migrants To Guatemala And Honduras, Angering Mexico
The Trump administration has been quietly deporting migrants from Mexico to different countries in Central America despite the Mexican government's willingness to accept the return of all its citizens, two Department of Homeland Security officials told CBS News. (Montoya-Galvez, 8/18)
