In the Bronx, one family that’s already been ripped apart due to strict immigration enforcement is now gravely concerned for the health and safety of a loved one, who’s now at a detention center in New Jersey.

While Marisol Acevedo of West Concourse endures self-isolation at her home in the Bronx, her heart and her thoughts are with her partner of 32 years, Rafael Almonte.

"I'm getting depression. I’m going crazy. I feel hopeless," Acevedo said. "We out here, and we can't do nothing for them, especially for my husband. It's hard. It's very hard what he's going through."

Since February, Almonte has been locked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Essex County Correctional Facility after he broke up a fight at work and was discovered to be an undocumented immigrant.

"They all have bunk beds. And there are 54 inmates in that same room," Acevedo said.

His family now fears overcrowded conditions could turn his detainment into a death sentence. 

A spokesman for ICE and Essex County, which runs the jail, confirmed to NY1 that a 52-year old man who was an ICE detainee had tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this week, while two officers with the corrections staff also tested positive.

"The Essex County Corrections staff continues to take all necessary precautions to ensure the safety of the staff, inmates and detainees," said Essex County spokesman Anthony Puglisi.

These measures, however, do not impress Acevedo. 

"Right now, they don't feel like they’re safe," she said. "Like he was explaining to me, they don’t have no gloves, no masks."

Acevedo says with her family unable to afford an immigration attorney, she fears no one is looking out for the well-being of her 61-year-old life partner, who suffers from heart disease and high blood pressure, putting him into the category of those most at risk of dying from COVID-19.