Vaccination rate among immigrants held by ICE remains low as infections surge
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Just over 1,300 immigrants detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, even as the number of detainees and infections among them surge, according to data obtained by CBS News.
ICE was holding more than 27,000 immigrants as of last week, an 82% increase from the start of the Biden administration in late January, when the detainee population stood below 15,000. During that same time period, over 10,000 COVID-19 cases among detainees have been reported, according to a CBS News analysis of ICE data. Overall, ICE has reported over 19,000 COVID-19 infections and nine virus-related deaths among immigrants in its custody throughout the pandemic. As of earlier this week, there were 900 active cases in 51 detention facilities overseen by ICE.Rodeo star Spencer Wright and his wife are making end-of-life preparations for their 3-year-old son after he was found unconscious in a creek, a close family friend said in updates posted on social media and confirmed to CBS affiliate KUTV. The boy had been playing on his tractor before he ended up in the water and a mile downstream.
The launch of Boeing's star-crossed Starliner spacecraft on its first piloted test flight is slipping to at least June 1 to give engineers more time to assess a small-but-persistent helium leak in the capsule's propulsion system, and its potential impact across all phases of flight, NASA announced Wednesday.
Washington — As former President Donald Trump's "hush money" criminal trial in New York proceeds to closing arguments next week, the legal focus is moving south. His attorneys and longtime aide Walt Nauta appeared before Florida federal Judge Aileen Cannon, where they sparred with prosecutors during two contentious, day-long hearings on Wednesday.