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U.S. judge orders release of 10 immigrants in Pennsylvania, calling ICE incapable of protecting them from coronavirus behind bars

“It would be heartless and inhumane not to recognize [the] petitioner’s plight,” U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III wrote. “Should we fail to [order their release] … we will be party to an unconscionable and possibly barbaric result.”

The immigration detention center in York County Prison in York, Pa.
The immigration detention center in York County Prison in York, Pa.Read moreJose F. Moreno / File Photograph