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Over 120 COVID-19 cases at North Carolina’s only immigration detention facility

September 9, 2020 by Hannah Critchfield

Over 120 COVID-19 cases at North Carolina’s only immigration detention facility - North Carolina Health News

One transferred migrant dead, over 120 people have fallen ill amid continued transfers, arrests, and opaque testing practices. A look at Alamance County Detention Center’s emerging pandemic legacy.

By Hannah Critchfield Nehel Gaya’s father has traveled so much during the pandemic, she’s having trouble keeping up. The South Carolina resident had received calls from Georgia, Texas, Louisiana — whatever immigrant detention facility her father, a Pakistani citizen, happened to be transferred to next. Well into the pandemic, one of those places was a […]

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Undocumented, uninsured and worried about ID requirements? You can still get free COVID-19 tests.

July 20, 2020 by Hannah Critchfield

Undocumented, uninsured and worried about ID requirements? You can still get free COVID-19 tests. - North Carolina Health News

Free testing sites seek to calm fears in Latinx community that lack of an ID could expose their immigration status.

By Hannah Critchfield Juan Miranda had a problem. He’d been hearing from friends and other members of the Latino community in North Carolina who feared they’d been exposed to the novel coronavirus but were forgoing testing at nearby CVS testing sites. It wasn’t just that they lacked insurance — it was that they were undocumented. […]

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