Richwood Detainees Serious Health Issues

A lawsuit filed by the state of Louisiana against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) for the town of Richwood should raise concerns among citizens due to the potential for serious health risks. The health concern involves an individual at the Richwood ICE facility who allegedly has a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis, potentially exposing other detainees at the facility. The infected individual is described only as a Asian woman apprehended at the southern border in California in September before being transferred to an ICE facility in Richwood.

In a statement several...