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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a recent report that its detention center at the Bergen County Jail in New Jersey is about 50 percent over capacity. The report raises further concerns as coronavirus continues to spread within the facility. According to ICE’s document, the facility was 71 percent over capacity in November and 41 percent over capacity last month. These statistics support detainees’ claims that they’re unable to isolate and take other virus-fighting precautions. A spokesperson for the Bergen County sheriff denied the ICE report, saying the ICE dorms are actually below capacity. WNYC
In other local immigration news…
They’re Eligible To Stay In The U.S. Why Can’t They Get Their Green Cards?
📍 Documented OriginalAbout 26,000 young individuals are expected to wait three or more years to become legal residents due to the Trump administration’s limits on green cards and the pandemic’s court slowdowns. These immigrants are not authorized to work and may not qualify for medical insurance or in-state tuition, depending on the state. Most of them are also fighting their deportations in court. The Special Immigrant Juvenile program is meant to help these children get on the path to legal permanent residency. But the Trump administration claimed it was full of loopholes and started tightening eligibility requirements, leaving these young people stuck in green-card limbo. Read more at Documented
Community Helps ‘Deliveristas’ Who Lost Everything In House Fire
A half-dozen food delivery workers started an online fundraiser, with a goal of $13,000, after a fire occurred on Monday in the Bensonhurst duplex they share. The men, who are a part of Los Deliveristas Unidos, a group of mainly indigenous Guatemalan food delivery workers who organize for improved working conditions, figured they could rely on their colleagues to help them get a new apartment. But they did not expect their community to help them out with clothes, free e-bike repairs and thousands of dollars in cash. Over 300 people donated more than $22,000 to their online fundraising campaign as of Wednesday evening. THE CITY
