ICE did not ensure migrants were tested for COVID-19 before boarding domestic flights: DHS OIG
Adam Shaw - Yesterday 3:37 PM
Biden resumes secret migrant flights: Report
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) failed to adequately follow procedures to ensure that migrants encountered at the southern border were tested for COVID-19 before boarding domestic flights, according to a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) report.
The IG report said it identified "numerous instances" where ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) "could not provide evidence that single adults, family units, and [unaccompanied children] were tested for COVID-19 before transport on domestic commercial flights," the report says.
ICE uses flights to transport migrants from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody to other facilities (or to Health and Human Services care for unaccompanied children) across the country, and can include ground transit, charter flights or domestic flights. For single adults, ERO detains them at 127 detention facilities across the country before they are either removed or released into the U.S.
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