An immigrant advocacy group says there may be seven cases of tuberculosis (TB) among those being held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma.
These are unconfirmed cases, however, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department said it is aware of the complaints.
“We can confirm that the Tacoma Detention Center has 7 suspected TB cases that have started treatment based primarily on imaging and symptoms but to date there are no confirmed positive MTb specimens/cases reported to us here at DOH,” the department said in an email…