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ICE Detainees Quarantined in 96°F Pod Amid TB Outbreak

7/15/2026

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Detainees at the Aurora Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) center were forced to quarantine in a pod without air conditioning while temperatures hit 96 °F.
Guards kept infected and non-infected detainees together after 12 tested positive for tuberculosis, providing electric fans after air-conditioning failed.
The Geo Group faces lawsuits over inhumane conditions and health-access violations.
Rep. Jason Crow has visited the center 90 times and maintains a public database documenting conditions.

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Story summary

Detainees at the Aurora Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) center were forced to quarantine in a pod without air conditioning while temperatures hit 96 °F.
Guards kept infected and non-infected detainees together after 12 tested positive for tuberculosis, providing electric fans after air-conditioning failed.
The Geo Group faces lawsuits over inhumane conditions and health-access violations.
Rep. Jason Crow has visited the center 90 times and maintains a public database documenting conditions.