Nation ‘Terrified of dying’: Immigrants beg to be released from immigration detention as coronavirus spreads April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 Alan Gomez, Maria Clark and Rebecca Plevin, USA TODAY Comments Off on ‘Terrified of dying’: Immigrants beg to be released from immigration detention as coronavirus spreads More than 34,000 people are being detained by ICE, but the agency has ignored calls to release migrants most vulnerable to the coronavirus.