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Apr 22, 2020

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Life in the Time of the Coronavirus

I’m Being Held at a Border Detention Center. I’m Scared They’ll Let Us Die.

The virus spread quickly in San Diego’s Otay Mesa Detention Center. Detainees were given one mask and cleaning spray.

Photo illustration. Photo sources: The Washington Post/Getty Images, 4x-image/Getty Images

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Journalist; most recent book is Chasing the Harvest, an oral history collection of farmworkers. www.gabrielthompson.org

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