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When $10,000 Is the Difference Between Contracting COVID-19 in Detention and Getting the Hell Out

John still remembers the panic that gripped him when he first learned about the coronavirus. Detained at the Otay Mesa immigrant detention center in San Diego—with no access to masks or gloves and unable to practice social distancing—the asylum seeker from Cameroon knew he was vulnerable. “Everyone was scared. We knew at any moment anything can happen,” said John, who is using a pseudonym to protect his identity.

 

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