Quote by Dr. Ranit Mishori, a professor at Georgetown University School of Medicine and medical adviser to the group Physicians for Human Rights. “
Action #1 – Tell ICE to stop sucking up supplies of surgical masks needed for real emergencies.
ICE has recently ordered 45,000 N95 surgical masks so that agents can be protected when they round up undocumented people, prior to putting them into jails where they will become vulnerable to COVID-19 infection. Nearly half of immigrants detained by ICE have been accused of no crime other than civil immigration violations, and many probably would not have been held under previous administrations. Rep. Omar stated “Immigration detention facilities, even before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, have been breeding grounds for illness. For detainees who are immunocompromised or otherwise susceptible to the worst consequences of contracting Covid-19, holding them in detention may be literally a matter of life or death.”
Please contact Amanda Stought and ask her to reconsider her order and to ask ICE to stand down during until this pandemic is over.
Minimal script: Good [morning] Ms. Stought. You may have noticed the pandemic in the news, and the associated lack of PPE gear (personal protective equipment) for medical professionals and first responders. Please consider that none of the people your ICE officers arrest deserve a coronavirus death sentence. Keep your officers at home, safe with their families during this lockdown like everyone else and send all your N95 masks to hospitals where they’re desperately needed.
CONTACT: Email her at amanda.stought@ice.dhs.gov and/or leave her a call at 202-732-2544.
Action #2 – Release ALL non-violent offenders, including detained immigrants.
Continue reading “Tues 3/24: “Cruel and unusual” – Law enforcement and punishment in a pandemic.”
