Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Jan 23;72(1):153-154. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa692.
There have been several significant outbreaks of COVID-19 in federal immigrant detention centers, which lack clear and consistent guidelines across Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agencies to limit the spread of COVID-19. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued detailed guidelines for the control, prevention, and evaluation of COVID-19 in detention facilities. Although the DHS's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has stated that it complies with CDC recommendations, its policies significantly differ from these CDC guidelines, placing detainees at risk for contracting COVID-19. This submission urges the adoption of CDC guidelines across DHS-associated facilities. Such a policy change has the potential to protect and save the lives of the most vulnerable populations under the auspices of the federal government.
在联邦移民拘留中心已经发生了几起重大的 COVID-19 疫情，这些拘留中心缺乏国土安全部（DHS）机构之间明确和一致的指导方针，以限制 COVID-19 的传播。疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）已经发布了关于拘留设施中 COVID-19 的控制、预防和评估的详细指南。尽管 DHS 的移民和海关执法局表示它遵守了 CDC 的建议，但它的政策与这些 CDC 指南有很大的不同，使被拘留者面临感染 COVID-19 的风险。本意见书敦促 DHS 相关设施采用 CDC 指南。这样的政策变化有可能在联邦政府的支持下保护和拯救最弱势群体的生命。
