AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AGAINST ICE

FREE PEOPLE FROM ICE DETENTION - aMNESTY INTERNATIONAL (AI)

 

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL (AI)

            -Work's to protect people wherever justice, freedom, truth, and dignity are denied.

            -Amnesty International is a global movement of millions of people demanding human                 rights for all people – no matter who they are or where they are. They are the world’s                 largest grassroots human rights organization.

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            -The story of Amnesty International began back In 1961 when two Portuguese students               were jailed just for raising a toast to freedom.

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            -All people have fundamental human rights. But those rights are abused or denied                     every single day. When that happens, Amnesty International finds the facts, exposes                 what’s happening, and rallies people together to force governments and others to                     respect everyone’s human rights. And we get results. Last year alone, Amnesty                         International helped free 153 people who were wrongfully imprisoned because of who              they are or what they believe – and we changed laws in dozens of countries on                         refugees, reproductive rights, LGBT equality, free speech, the death penalty, and other              critical human rights issues. From start to finish, our work focuses on the individual –                 people whose human rights are abused, and people who have the power to change the              world. We received the Nobel Peace Prize for our life-saving work.

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        REFUGEE & MIGRANT RIGHTS - FREE PEOPLE FROM ICE DETENTION

            -No ONE SHOULD BE LOCKED UP JUST FOR SEEKING SAFETY

            -As the world continues to cope from the enduring COVID-19 pandemic, immigrants
            and asylum-seekers locked up by Immigration    and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have
            been left behind to face these turbulent times alone, in detention facilities with
            inadequate medical care and crowded, tinderbox-like conditions. These detained
            individuals and families are in extreme danger, with rapid spread already occurring.

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        ICE DETENTION FACILITIES

     

 

As of June 4, the last day before writing for which ICE provided both the number of positive

tests and the cumulative number of tests administered, data show that 3,146 detainees had

been tested for the coronavirus and 1,623 cases had been confirmed. Of those 1,623 positive

cases, 781 individuals were in custody under isolation or monitoring. Since ICE began

reporting data at the end of March, two individuals have died while in ICE custody after testing

positive for the virus in detention, and at least one person has died of COVID-19 after being

released from custody. Partially reflecting the spread of the virus throughout facilities over the

past two months and the increased use of tests, the total number of individuals who have

tested positive in detention continues to rise on a steep trajectory.

As of August 3rd, ICE currently reports 3,917 cases of COVID-19 in its detention centers across

the country since the start of the outbreak with approximately 1,000 positive cases currently in

custody. Of particular concern are facilities like Immigration Centers of America - Farmville,

which currently records 261 active cases of COVID with 289 total since the start of the outbreak;

external inquiries indicate that a total of 359 detainees were tested at Farmville earlier in July,

meaning the test positivity rate could be a shocking 80% or higher. Writ large, ICE reports 19,092

tests since February - amounting to a 20% average test positivity rate across all detention centers.

This is nearly three times the current positivity rate across the US, still the country most affected

by the virus globally. With an average of 660 tests per week since February for an average

detained population in that period of approximately 60,000, this results in about 11 tests

conducted per thousand people- meaning ICE’s testing levels barely eke past WHO safety

thresholds.

TOTAL ICE ARREST 2019

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