US EditionImmigrant rights group calls for removing pregnant women from detention
The ACLU and Senate Democrats cite reports of medical neglect and mistreatment, urging ICE to release pregnant detainees unless exceptional circumstances apply.
- Women taken into custody by U.S. immigration agents while pregnant reported inadequate care, being shackled and placed in solitary confinement, and receiving insufficient food and water.
- The ACLU letter details accounts from pregnant women who were detained in facilities in Louisiana and Georgia, including some who miscarried while in custody.
- One woman who was handcuffed during transport said she experienced dizziness, nausea, and vaginal bleeding during her detention.
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Ana (fictional name) is twenty-two years old and is six months pregnant. She is detained in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) detention facility in Basile, Louisiana, despite the fact that the agency’s guidelines urge that pregnant women be prevented from being detained. In her first month in detention, she did not receive the prenatal vitamins recommended for that stage and, although she suffers nausea, vomiting and pain in …
Testimonies of affected persons claim that they lacked adequate measures that triggered severe ailments and even abortions
Immigrant rights group calls for removing pregnant women from Louisiana detention center
BATON ROUGE, La. — Women taken into custody by U.S. immigration agents while pregnant say they received inadequate care in a letter Wednesday that calls on the Trump administration to stop holding expectant mothers in federal detention facilities.
By Chris Boyette, CNN The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Wednesday urged Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to release detainees who are pregnant, postpartum, or breastfeeding. The nonprofit and its partners reported meeting with more than 12 women held at ICE processing centers in Basile, Louisiana, and Lumpkin, Georgia, including some who are pregnant or who recently suffered miscarriages while in detention.
Pregnant ICE Detainees Have Been Shackled, Forced Into Solitary Confinement
It’s no secret, slash surprise, that ICE facilities are bad. Cells are overcrowded, the food’s inedible (that is, if it’s in supply), and medical care is substandard. So on Wednesday, the ACLU and other immigrant rights groups sent a letter to the agency demanding that they release their pregnant detainees. “ICE’s detention of pregnant individuals has led to serious harm,” the ACLU, ACLU Louisiana Chapter, National Immigration Project, Robert F.…
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