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April 03, 2020
Mass. Judge Begins Freeing ICE Detainees Due To Virus Risk
A federal judge agreed Friday to release a handful of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees, citing the urgent need to reduce the Massachusetts jail population amid the COVID-19 pandemic and vowing to review 10 cases per day as part of a lawsuit brought by civil rights groups.
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April 02, 2020
Some Mass. ICE Detainees May Be Released Amid Pandemic
A federal judge signaled that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he is open to releasing at least some of the 148 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees being held at a Massachusetts jail, telling lawyers Thursday that reducing the inmate population should protect the facility in case of an outbreak.