Urgent calls to release vulnerable immigrant detainees amid coronavirus crisis

ICE gets sued to release immigrant detainees amid COVID-19 pandemic [The World immigration] One detainee from El Salvador has been hospitalized multiple times for pneumonia. He's among those at-risk for the coronavirus. Nearly 40,000 immigrants, including families, are currently held at detention centers — and local jails — across the US. Most are locked up not because of criminal convictions, but because they are going through immigration proceedings. In the midst of closures and social distancing measures worldwide to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, there are urgent calls from immigrant and civil rights organizations for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release the most vulnerable immigrant detainees for health safety reasons. [ICE gets sued to release immigrant detainees amid COVID-19 pandemic]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Plus, here are a few more stories you might have missed: [This Muslim American congressional candidate sees hateful messages as a chance for dialogue]( Qasim Rashid has a personal policy of engaging with people who send him hateful messages. [Why some Florida Latinos question Sanders’ democratic socialism]( Across the nation, Latino voters have tended to favor Democratic candidate Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. That’s not always the case in Florida, where the Latino community is very diverse and tends to lean more conservative. [US citizen children of DACA recipients await Supreme Court ruling on program]( An estimated 250,000 US-born children nationwide have parents in the country under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. A lawsuit on whether the Trump administration can end DACA is before the US Supreme Court. [Coronavirus closures leave international students in limbo]( The coronavirus outbreak has led to a spate of cancelations and school closures, and it's causing logistical and financial challenges, especially for the more than 1 million international students enrolled in schools in the US. Thanks for joining us! — Marnette Federis, education editor [The World FB]( [The World Twitter]( [Edit your subscription]( | [Unsubscribe]( The World from PRX and WGBH.