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The Sitting Ducks of the Population.

By: Kian McCabe

Who is affected, and why?   

There are roughly 10-12 million people in the United States who are undocumented immigrants, the conditions that detained/undocumented immigrants face are causing an increase in the spread of COVID-19. If we want to flatten the curve of cases in the United States, we must try to allow them to better living conditions and fewer chances to stop spreading COVID-19.  

            In April, 124 immigrants in an ICE detention center tested positive for COVID-19. Many of them are stuck in those centers due to services such as naturalization and green card appointments being suspended. This forces many people to stay close together for long periods, ultimately increasing the chances of the spread of COVID-19 with not much being done to stop it. There is a current detainee population of 33,000; this creates a lack of necessary space to practice social distancing. Advocates and lawyers for immigrants are filing lawsuits to have detainees released due to their conditions. Most detainees are adults. However, many older adults and children have known to be more susceptible to COVID-19 staying in these centers. Although ICE has claimed to separate people who are more vulnerable to COVID-19 from the general population, it is still naïve to think that keeping them in a detention center is a safe action plan.   

Hispanics are especially affected as those adults in families with noncitizens are more likely to be facing material hardships. 42% of Hispanic adults in families with noncitizens reported food insecurity, meaning they lacked access to enough food. 25% of Hispanics are reported to going without medical care in the previous because of the cost. Nearly 1 in 5 people did not pay their full rent or mortgage or were late with such payment because of financial burdens due to the pandemic.  

Lost jobs, hours, income by citizenship status, race/ethnicity chart Image Source: https://www.gcir.org/news/immigrant-families-hit-hard-pandemic-may-be-afraid-receive-help-they-need  

Is being married hurting certain people?   

Another issue is that these people do not qualify for the government stimulus checks, potentially making the rate of poverty and worsen conditions increase in the United States, along with undocumented immigrants not qualifying for the stimulus checks people U.S citizens who are married to noncitizens do not qualify for it either. “The government’s CARES Act offers $1,200 to Americans earning up to $75,000 in adjusted gross income and have a Social Security number and $500 for each child. But it excludes millions of tax-paying immigrants who do not have legal status — and it also blocks U.S. citizens if they file a joint tax return with a spouse who does not have a Social Security numbers.” This worsens the conditions for not only the undocumented immigrants but also the U.S citizens. Many immigrants work in some essential business making many of them risk exposure to COVID-19, and if they do get exposed, many of them cannot afford to be out of work, so being denied a stimulus check is making things worse.   

The issue of COVID-19 should not be based around immigration politics; without focusing on everyone’s health and safety, the cases will never lower, and people will continue to get sick, eventually increasing the delay of many reopening plans and current safety measures. As of July, there are over 4 million COVID-19 cases, and this number may continue to rise without a proper change in existing conditions both physically and economically.   

Who wants a change?   

According to a study made by the Pew Research Center, “adults (68%) say the federal government has a responsibility to provide medical care to undocumented immigrants who are ill with the coronavirus, even as relatively few (37%) say the government should offer economic help to undocumented immigrants who have lost their job due to the outbreak” however Hispanic people are more supportive of economic and medical care responsibility of the government with 62% and 86% respectively. A substantial majority of black adults support it as well. This is expected with both groups of people being significantly affected by the COVID-19, with them having more cases and deaths and the fact that they make up a substantial majority of the immigration population.   

 

Image Source: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/05/20/americans-favor-medical-care-but-not-economic-aid-for-undocumented-immigrants-affected-by-covid-19/ft_2020-05-20_immigration_01/  

 Medical Issues   

A new policy has immigrant families fear that accessing critical support for themselves and their families would jeopardize their safety and immigration status. This puts their communities at risk, which houses these citizens and can also hold other citizens, children, and essential workers. Although the federal government reassured during a March 13 statement that immigrants and undocumented seeking testing for or treatment for COVID-19 would not be considered in public charge determinations and their information would not be released anywhere that could risk their immigrant status. The current state of the immigration policy in the United States makes the implementation details unclear, making many immigrants not wanting to take the risk, which causes more issues and potentially more spread because they are not guaranteed safe medical care.   

   

  

 

 

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  1. All in all, I agree to the points listed up above dealing with the issue of undocumented/noncitizen personnel getting the short end of the stick as its an issue that seems miniscule to many of the minds of documented citizens that lay here in the United States but looking at the issue as a whole relating it back to how our nation holds so many individuals that came from other nations who went through similar procedures in the past, can relate wholesomely to the expense that some are going though in a time of a pandemic. As you said, about 10-12 million immigrants are still not documented reside in the US as they have issues regarding green cards and certain economic/mental stability issues with residing in our nation to become a legalized citizen. By putting the pieces together pertaining to the spread and intensity of this raging coronavirus and how a lot of undocumented immigrants are treated, many today see the rise of how questionable ICE can be seen as regarding to the living conditions many of these immigrants need to face as well as the retaining rate for these people as those 124 immigrants in ICE detention in April could now amass to nearly thousands in August if bed rooms, kitchens and more are kept untidy and shared by mass proportions. I also enjoy how you kept going about on your argument by bring up the issue of married couples as this topic fills another area of concern that doesn’t just focus on one particular being but probably an extra spouse and kid due to the stimulus checks not being able to be reached out to those families that have an undocumented individual. This sort of case may cause them to look for essential jobs that are open at this time or try to get a minimum wage job that may seem not worth the risk working for due to the presence of working with a lot of people most likely(fast food etc.) The last topic I would like to praise and pick out is the touching point of medical issues as you highlight some of the fears and implications society has put on these poor innocent people. They seem helpless with getting their information spread out even though the government promised to support them with needed help of disclosing information. Many politicians like to try and twist around the facts of the certain situations and this topic could be a popular one with regards to future immigration policies as well as healthcare issues in the near future.

  2. I absolutely agree that jails and prisons are increasing the rate that COVID-19 is spreading through the system. However, an interesting interpretation within this argument would be the fact that some jails and prisons are releasing non-violent offenders to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The Prison Policy Initiative tracks what each state is doing within their jails and prisons to reduce the rate of COVID-19. Many have released non-violent prisoners, and some have eliminated medical co-pays. However, this initiative does not track non-citizens or immigrants. It would be interesting to compare the data you have received about immigration infection rates within prisons to which states have put preventable measures in place. This would really raise questions about who is being helps within our criminal justice system during the pandemic.

  3. I agree with everything you said, especially bringing up how the CARES act is ignoring immigrants. But, the HEROES act was passed in May, which does include immigrants as long as they were in the United States when COVID was declared a national emergency. Have you seen any benefits from this as of yet, or has the bill not had the positive impact on many immigrants that politicians were hoping for? When you mentioned how detainee camps are only aiding in spreading COVID, I was curious if a camp was shut down and everyone was released if this would help save people in the camp from being infected, or if it may have a negative impact; namely if some of the detainees were infected and spreading it into the mass public. Your last paragraph about illegal immigrants afraid of testing due to ICE was really thought provoking. If there was a shift to allow immigrants to get tested without fear of deportation, not only would this help decrease the amount of cases but if the policy was extended it could help in other spheres, especially the judicial system.

  4. First of all, I would like to say that I’m very impressed with your writing. I like how you added at least 3 cases that get affected by the COVID-19 and the causes. I agree that detained/undocumented immigrants, as part of our community of color, do not have a safe environment to live, and lack access to healthy food. This causes them to struggle in the battle of fighting against the pandemic. Personally, I used to study in high school of how COVID-19 doesn’t target people of color randomly, but living in terrible conditions without the government’s support has increased their risk of infection. Your post has raised a point that our government should be the one responsible to provide for economic and medical care. But my question is how will they take care of this crisis? This has raised wonder to my perspective of the U.S and as if they take care of this problem before the pandemic, will the situation be better. Overall, you have done an excellent job of explaining your perspectives.

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