She died in childbirth for fear of being deported: the plight of a Haitian immigrant in El Seibo

The attorney for the missing older adult just a year ago, delivered a new theory in conversation with TVN.

Lourdia Jean Pierre, 32 years old, gave her last breath alone, after having given birth to her child without medical assistance at her home in El Seibo, Dominican Republic. For fear of being arrested and deported, this Haitian mother in an irregular situation refused to go to the hospital when the contractions began at dawn on Friday, May 9, 2025. "She began to suffer around five o'clock in the morning. She said that she would not go anywhere," …

Lourdia Jean Pierre was 32 years old, had four children, and was afraid. Fear of going to the hospital, of someone asking for her papers, of being detained. Last Friday, as the sun barely rose over the Dominican countryside, she began to feel labor pains. It was five in the morning. She refused to seek medical assistance. She gave birth alone. Shortly after, she died in the living room of her home. Her husband, Ronald Jean, also an undocumented …