The Otay Mesa Detention Center in the San Diego County has become ground zero for the COVID-19 pandemic spread within ICE Detention Centers. San Diego County officials confirmed on May 6th, the first death of a detained immigrant in ICE’s custody of COVID-19.

Guest: Anthony Alexandre, a detainee at the Otay Mesa Detention Center. He is one of the main organizers of the
hunger strikes that have recently taken place at the detention center. The recent hunger strikes started in protest of the unsanitary and unsafe conditions that the detainees complained about to ICE and CoreCivic, the private company that operates the center for ICE.