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2nd ICE detainee in Georgia dies from COVID-19 complications

| August 13, 2020 7:27 AM

LUMPKIN, Ga. (AP) — A diabetic Costa Rican man in federal immigration custody has become the second detainee in Georgia to die from COVID-19 complications after being held at a detention center that has reported more than 150 coronavirus cases.

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