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       Slow ICE reporting on infectious illnesses threatens El Paso
       outbreak response, health authority says June 12, 2026
   DIR By: Masked Man
       Date: June 12, 2026, 9:20 pm
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       Slow ICE reporting on infectious illnesses threatens El Paso
       outbreak response, health authority says
       June 12, 2026
       Federal immigration officials are jeopardizing public health by
       slow communication about infectious illnesses at its El Paso
       detention facility, the county’s top public health official said
       Friday.
       With hundreds of El Pasoans working in ICE detention facilities,
       the slow communications expose the community to heightened risks
       from a communicable disease outbreak
       “While we were standing there talking, I saw facility staff –
       these are El Pasoans – walking in and out of that same pod with
       no mask, no PPE, putting our citizens, our residents, my
       constituents, at risk,” Escobar said.
       She asked officials why the workers weren’t using protective
       gear commonly used by medical professionals to prevent the
       spread of disease. She was told it was the option of the
       workers.
       “That’s not how public health should work,” Escobar said.
       LINK:
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