When trump was elected, I made a grim joke about being closer to my extended family about experiencing a pogrom. Turns out it's more internment camp and Canadian native American schools. What even is history.

Tina Vasquez

It's important to note that this is a common ICE tactic. When it's clear that an immigrant in custody is deathly ill, ICE "releases" them from custody—usually when they are hospitalized. It's not a humanitarian approach; it's so the agency doesn't have to claim the person as an in-custody death.