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Federal judge extends restraining order in tuberculosis-infected detainee case

— A federal judge extended a temporary restraining order Wednesday in a case involving the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its plans to release a tuberculosis-positive Chinese migrant into the U.S. without clearance from the state Health Department.

U.S. District Judge David Joseph issued an order that says the restraining order applies only to 211 detainees quarantined by the U.S. Immigra…

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