Miami ICE Detainees Unlikely to Get Quick Covid Class Certified

ICE detainees housed at three Miami facilities face an uphill battle for expedited class status in their suit alleging the agency is being deliberately indifferent to their chances of contracting the coronavirus, after a federal magistrate judge cited a contrary Illinois ruling during a Thursday hearing.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman of the Southern District of Florida, who presided over the hearing held over Zoom, said he was “surprised” that neither counsel for the detainees nor the Justice Department had referenced the Illinois federal court’s April 10 decision. There, the Northern District of Illinois declined to certify a class ...