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Migrants say COVID-19 fears led to disturbance in Texas immigration detention center

About 60 detainees in the South Texas ICE Processing Center staged an uprising this week. Some detainees say fear of infection sparked the incident; Immigration and Customs Enforcement disputes that account.

By Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune, and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica
Immigration detainees wait at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility in Texas.

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