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People in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention are 13 times more likely than the general US population to contract COVID-19. ICE has not improved crowded, unsanitary conditions and continues to medically neglect the people in their custody. Nine people in ICE custody have already died due to COVID-19. With the virus still spreading and claiming lives, elected officials must do everything in their power to ensure that ICE releases everyone in their custody now.  

Congressman Filemón Vela has been an advocate for people detained in the Rio Grande Valley and we know his heart is with the thousands of people detained nationally. Watch this video and write a letter urging him to take the next step and publicly call for the release of everyone detained in his district and the thousands across the country who deserve to go home to their families.

Las personas detenidas por el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) tienen 13 veces más probabilidades que la población general de Estados Unidos de contraer COVID-19. ICE no ha mejorado las condiciones de hacinamiento e insalubridad y continúa descuidando médicamente a las personas bajo su custodia. Nueve personas bajo custodia de ICE ya murieron debido al COVID-19. Con el virus aún propagándose y cobrando vidas, lxs funcionarios electxs deben hacer todo lo que esté a su alcance para garantizar que ICE libere a todxs lxs que están bajo su custodia ahora.