Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Feds Have Re-Separated Dozens Of Children From Families During Immigration Crackdown: Report
Some of their parents have been locked in immigration detention facilities for months, others deported back to their home countries after being taken from their families once again. In some cases, immigration officials conducting interior arrests deported people despite discovering they were legally off limits for removal, according to emails obtained by AP. (Burke and Pérez D., 6/4)
A report by the Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog described officers putting one man in a chokehold and stabbing another with a pen. (Aleaziz and Nehamas, 6/3)
Gov. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey said Wednesday that federal immigration officials were continuing to bar her from entering a detention center in Newark, raising “serious questions about what is happening behind its walls." Ms. Sherrill noted that she had met Tuesday evening with relatives of migrants being held at the Delaney Hall detention center, which has become a focal point of protest against President Trump’s immigration crackdown. She said that the relatives had shared “heartbreaking reports of unsafe, inhumane and unconstitutional conditions” inside the 1,000-bed jail. (Tully, 6/3)
In other health news from California, Virginia, Arizona, and Nevada —
Google is seeking permission from federal regulators to release up to 32 million sterile mosquitoes in California — a pest control technique meant to quell the spread of an invasive mosquito species that’s been expanding to many parts of the state, including the Bay Area. The Mountain View tech giant has requested a permit from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to initiate a project that would release up to 16 million mosquitoes in California in the first year of the project and another 16 million in the second year, according to a notice published May 6 in the Federal Register. The proposal appears to be part of Google’s “Debug Project,” a group of scientists and engineers working to eliminate disease-carrying mosquitoes, according to the company’s website. Debug did not respond to questions from the Chronicle. (Ho, 6/3)
After seven months of conducting no background checks for private firearm sales, followed by one week of checks, Virginia State Police have again halted the checks after a Lynchburg judge stepped in Wednesday. (Malinak and Beyer, 6/4)
San Diego could sell some of its rights to Colorado River water to Arizona and Nevada under a deal struck Wednesday that could help parched inland states fill a widening gap between water supply and demand. (Dance, 6/3)
