ICE confirms the first known COVID-19 death of a detained immigrant

9:27pm PDT - May 7th, 2020    san diego news - Business Insider

• Carlos Escobar-Mejia, an immigrant from El Salvador who came to the US in 1980, is the first confirmed case of someone dying from COVID-19 while in the custody of US immigration authorities.
• Escobar-Mejia, who had hypertension and diabetes, …