Overview
- Adams County Health Department has confirmed one laboratory‑verified active tuberculosis case at the GEO Group–operated Aurora ICE Processing Center and opened a statutory investigation with a public health order.
- The Denver Health Tuberculosis Clinic is involved in the probe and officials say they have requested patient files, housing and movement records, and other data needed to identify who may have been exposed.
- Adams County officials report that ICE and GEO Group have not provided sufficient records or timely access, which officials say is preventing completion of the investigation.
- Multiple media and detainee accounts describe mass testing in at least one housing pod, reports that at least a dozen people have been sickened, and claims that some isolated detainees lacked air conditioning while receiving medication.
- ICE and GEO Group have declined or not yet answered detailed questions about case counts and containment, and ICE publicly disputed that the facility had any active TB cases while local health officials continue their inquiry.