COVID-19 has sidelined roughly 9,000 Homeland Security employees, according to an internal report - News Summed Up

COVID-19 has sidelined roughly 9,000 Homeland Security employees, according to an internal report


Judd, who has been a close ally of the White House, said at least six Border Patrol agents have tested positive and 42 are under quarantine. At that agency, which administers the legal immigration system, 25 employees had tested positive for COVID-19 and 512 were under quarantine, according to the internal report. Other Homeland Security employees on the front lines of combating coronavirus have expressed concern for their safety and complained of a lack of protective gear or testing. Seven FEMA employees had tested positive and 24 were under quarantine as of the Monday report, and among TSA employees at airports across the country, 129 had tested positive and 4,084 were self-quarantining. At ICE, charged with overseeing tens of thousands of detained migrants, 29 employees had tested positive, and 1,117 employees were under quarantine.


Source: Los Angeles Times April 04, 2020 18:22 UTC



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