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Kamala Harris demands officials affirm immigration agents will stay away from health facilities NewsColony The letter follows a call from i mmigration policy experts from the Center for American Progress   last week , who urged a halt to enforcement actions around healthcare facilities for now.  “This proposal is not complicated—and it should not be controversial,” they said. “Consistent with past practice, DHS should issue a formal public statement affirming that there will be no ICE and CBP immigration enforcement actions at hospitals, health care facilities, and other COVID-19 testing sites … In addition, it would also promote the national interest of limiting the further spread of the coronavirus.” But as Harris noted, a statement reaffirming the “sensitive locations” policy is needed because on the ground, agents have defied it. “ I am concerned by recent reports that sensitive locations policies are inconsistently enforced and that ‘[t]he presence of i...