Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Texas ICE Facility That's On Lockdown For Measles Has Contract Reassessed
The New York Times: Contract For El Paso ICE Center Is Under Review, Homeland Security Says
The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday that officials were reviewing a contract for Camp East Montana, a detention center in El Paso that is facing growing scrutiny over its living conditions and is grappling with a measles outbreak. A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security said officials were examining the center and that the department conducts rigorous inspections of facilities to “ensure they are meeting our high standards.” (Salhotra and Ngo, 3/4)
AP: Haitian Man Dies In ICE Custody With Untreated Toothache, Brother Says
A Haitian man confined at an Arizona immigration detention center for months died at a hospital Monday after a tooth infection was left untreated, the man’s brother said Wednesday. Emmanuel Damas, 56, told medical personnel at the Florence Correctional Center that he had a toothache in mid-February, but he was not sent to a dentist, said Damas’ brother, Presly Nelson. (Billeaud, 3/4)
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KFF Health News: As ICE Moved In, Minnesotans Set Up A Shadow Medical System. It’s A Lesson For Other Cities
Gabi has big brown eyes, pigtails, and a genetic condition that makes her bones brittle. They fracture easily, leaving the 2-year-old in such pain that her mother quit her job cleaning offices to stay home and cradle her in the one-bedroom apartment they share with six relatives. When federal immigration agents descended on their city, officers deported Gabi’s father and detained her aunt. (Allen and Wells, 3/5)
The Washington Post: Plans For ICE Detention Center Spark Anger In Deep-Red Maryland County
The Department of Homeland Security plans to begin housing as many as 1,500 immigrant detainees inside a converted warehouse as early as April. (Heim and Golden, 3/5)
The Marshall Project: How Immigrant Families Get Home From Texas’ Dilley Detention Center
Parents and children from a detention center in Texas found themselves dropped at a border town shelter with few means to leave. (Heffernan, Bogan and Flagg, 3/2)
The New York Times: Inside the Underground Safe Houses Sheltering Immigrants From ICE
In Springfield, Ohio, some Americans have converted their basements and spare bedrooms into shelters for immigrant families who could be targeted in raids. (Jordan, 3/3)
KQED: A Year After ICE Detained South Bay Immigrant, Family Trauma Lingers
A Sunnyvale carpenter who was deported to Mexico with arrest-related injuries is fighting to return to the Bay Area. (Hendrick, 3/4)
