While nearly all undocumented workers went back to work within days, barring those who faced detainment or deportation, the highly-visible targeting of an agricultural powerhouse sent ripples through the nation.

The family have only received one piece of information about their detainment, which came shortly after the arrest.

“I paid prices for some of it,” he says, including physical attacks and detainment in a military base.

A study by the organization found that people of African descent were disproportionately represented among people deported in recent years, Alemseged said, often because a low-level offense led to their detainment.

The idea of isolation and quarantine if you are infected is not new but section 138 has been described by critics as "forced detainment under quarantine".