National Immigrant Justice Center Calls on Congress to Reject Trump Request to Fund Quarantine Detention Sites
March 19, 2020
March 19, 2020
CHICAGO, Illinois, March 19 -- The National Immigrant Justice Center issued the following statement:
The New York Times reported Tuesday night that the Trump administration is planning to close the U.S. border to asylum seekers in light of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic, and on Wednesday morning the White House submitted a request to Congress for $249 million for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to "convert four facilities into dedicated quarantine fa . . .
The New York Times reported Tuesday night that the Trump administration is planning to close the U.S. border to asylum seekers in light of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic, and on Wednesday morning the White House submitted a request to Congress for $249 million for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to "convert four facilities into dedicated quarantine fa . . .