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Original Date Announced
April 23, 2020COVID-19: Reuters reports that ICE will acquire 2,000 coronavirus tests per month from HHS to screen deportees amid criticism from foreign governments about receiving migrants infected with the coronavirus. [ID #459]
Reuters: U.S. to test some immigrants for coronavirus before deportationBiden Administration Action: Modified
November 1, 2022ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Manual for Pandemic Response
On November 1, 2022, ICE published Version 10.0 of its Pandemic Response Requirements, which stated that COVID testing of people in ICE custody will be conducted prior to removal only if required by the country of removal (page 21).
View DocumentCurrent Status
Partially in effectMost Recent Action
November 1, 2022 Action: Modified ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Manual for Pandemic ResponseNovember 1, 2022Acted on by Biden Administration
Original Trump Policy Status
Status: ReportedTrump Administration Action: Change in PracticeSubject Matter: Interior
Commentary
He says he has COVID and has never been to Haiti. But ICE still wants to deport him there.
A detainee who has twice tested positive for COVID-19 and is still experiencing symptoms is among 100 individuals to be deported to Haiti.
Go to article on miamiherald.comICE Removes Deportees with Coronavirus from Flight to Haiti
U.S. immigration authorities did not deport five detainees back to Haiti who had tested positive for the often deadly COVID-19 respiratory disease.
Go to article on miamiherald.com