Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2020
Abstract
This article examines the United States’ response to the severe impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in immigration detention centers and considers the United States’ obligations to the vulnerable population of immigrant detainees. This article argues that the COVID-19 pandemic further demonstrates the United States’ lack of guaranteed health care for immigrant detainees and deportees despite international recognition of the human rights to health and life. The United States violates international law when immigrant detainees’ human rights are disregarded by lack of appropriate access to health care during a global pandemic. This article recognizes that discrimination against immigrants under the Trump Administration and inconsistent treatment of detained populations further the vulnerability of immigrant detainees during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lastly, this article urges for reform in the United States immigration detention system, in regard to health care, to protect immigrant detainees and deportees during the harsh times of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Digital USD Citation
Dye, Alaina, "The Right to Health in Immigration Detention during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Examination of Federal and International Law" (2020). Center for Health Law Policy and Bioethics. 74.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/law_chlb_research_scholarship/74