Felipe Montes: 57-Year-Old Mexican Man Died In ICE Custody After Testing Positive For COVID-19

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Felipe Montes died in ICE custody at Stewart detention facility on Saturday is the fourth to have died there since the pandemic started. Stewart is run by a private prison company. Biden must shut down profit-making detention centers like Stewart. Over 9,170 ICE detainees have tested positive for the virus, including 480 at the Stewart facility in GA — a case rate 13x higher than the U.S. population, says a study.

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