Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported on Tuesday its first confirmed case of the coronavirus within its population of tens of thousands of suspected illegal immigrant detainees.

A 31-year-old Mexican man being held at the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack, New Jersey, tested positive for the coronavirus, though ICE did not specify when he tested positive or when he began showing symptoms.

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