U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently "began distributing a form in all three of its family detention centers that would allow parents to apply for their minor children to be released" to be placed with family members, sponsors the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services, according to this article from NBC News. "Now, lawyers representing clients in ICE family detention say parents may be persuaded to separate from their children if they are worried about exposing them to COVID-19 in detention," says the article.
"Families Together, a group that advocates for the reunification of separated migrant families, Tweeted on Thursday night: '@ICEGOV gave families a choice today — we'll let your children go if you give them up. But not you. In the middle of a pandemic. This is horrific.'"