December 09, 2020
The bill would require Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, and the Office of Refugee Resettlement — and any facilities that contract with those agencies — to collect and submit COVID-19 data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on a weekly basis. That data would then be published publicly.
By: Ally Jarmanning
Source: WBUR
WBUR: Warren Files Bill To Require Immigration Agencies Report Out COVID-19 Data
Sen. Elizabeth Warren and several Democratic colleagues want immigration detention facilities to track and publicly report data about COVID-19 cases.
Warren, along with New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro, filed the bill, called the COVID-19 in Immigration Detention Data Transparency Act, Wednesday in both chambers of Congress.
By: Ally Jarmanning
Source: WBUR
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