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2,200 quarantined over mumps outbreak at immigration centers

PHOENIX (AP) — Over 2,200 had confirmed or probable
people exposed to the cases of mumps in 51 facili-
mumps virus in at least two ties in the past year. There
immigration detention fa- were no reported cases
cilities have been quaran- between 2016 and 2018 at
tined, authorities said Tues- any ICE facilities.
day. Mumps is extremely rare,
Immigration and Customs and infections have
Enforcement officials say dropped by 99 percent
the 25-day quarantine be- since vaccinations began
gan March 7 at facilities in in the late 1960s. It can
Pine Prairie, Louisiana, and spread quickly through
Aurora, Colorado. coughing, sneezing or even
The outbreak has renewed talking, and symptoms in-
long-held concerns over clude swollen glands, fever,
access to medical care at headache, muscle aches
immigration facilities, espe- and pain while chewing or
cially at a time when more swallowing.
immigrants who are cross- Laura Lunn, managing at-
ing the border are being torney for the Rocky Moun- In this April 15, 2017, file photo, vehicles are parked outside the entrance to the GEO Group's im-
held and for longer periods tain Immigrant Advocacy migrant detention facility in Aurora, Colo.
of time. There are nearly Network’s detention pro- Associated Press
47,000 immigrants currently gram, said her organization
detained around the coun- has about a dozen clients available for meetings as ty of her staff, and is looking have mumps and all are
try, according to an ICE who are quarantined in long as they wear a mask, at alternate ways to meet Mexican or Central Ameri-
spokesman. Aurora. Lunn said the fa- but that she’s concerned with them. can men.
ICE says 236 detainees have cility has made her clients about the health and safe- None of her clients actually Continued on Page 3