In Southern California, immigrants jailed at the for-profit Adelanto ICE Processing Center are continuing a hunger strike to demand their release during the pandemic. Nationwide, nearly 500 people have tested positive for the virus in ICE immigration jails. This is “Freddy,” one of the hunger strikers.

“Freddy”: “I am a diabetic with high blood pressure. We are on strike because we’re afraid of getting infected with coronavirus. This center does not take adequate measures so that we can avoid getting infected. There is no social distancing, since we all line up at the dining room, and they don’t give us hand sanitizer. They don’t give us masks for us to protect ourselves.”