CBP claims it’ll renew medical care for detainees after DHS watchdog issues warning about lapse
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has been so close to letting medical services for detained people lapse that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) watchdog issued an alert urging the agency leaders to act as soon as possible, saying that “[a]t a time when CBP is challenged with a COVID-19 pandemic that poses a serious public health and safety risk to both migrants in custody and CBP staff, it is critical that medical services continue uninterrupted.