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ICE detention centers are now a public health hazard

Infectious diseases will not respect razor wire and will just as effectively sicken US citizens.

Jason Weisberger
Feb 05, 2026
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Protest against ICE following the murder of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis in Lower Manhattan. (Christopher Penler/shutterstock.com)

According to new reporting from NPR, the U.S. Public Health Service has been quietly sidelined inside ICE detention centers, leaving medical care understaffed, unaccountable, and increasingly outsourced to the lo…

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