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Top evangelicals urge release of some detainees during virus

by Associated Press
| April 14, 2020 6:27 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Nine leaders at evangelical Christian organizations are urging the Trump administration to release people from immigration detention facilities “who do not pose a threat to public safety" during the coronavirus pandemic, particularly those who are elderly or otherwise at higher risk for contracting COVID-19.

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