"Working alongside the National Immigration Project, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights organization, and other advocacy organizations, the ACLU interviewed women detained while pregnant and in October presented their accounts to Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the joint coalition letter. The coalition urged ICE to immediately release all pregnant and postpartum people from detention. In response, ICE dismissed the findings. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin expressly stated the coalition letter relied on "anonymous, unsubstantiated and unverifiable claims.""
"Women described being shackled and placed in solitary confinement. They recounted delayed or substandard prenatal care and being denied basic necessities such as prenatal vitamins, adequate food, and clean water. Others underwent medical procedures without informed consent or access to translation services. Most disturbing of all, women who were actively miscarrying, an already physically painful and emotionally shattering experience, said they were ignored entirely by facility staff. Several later developed serious infections as a direct result of ICE's medical neglect."
ACLU and allied advocacy groups interviewed pregnant women detained in ICE custody and urged the immediate release of pregnant and postpartum people from detention. ICE dismissed the accounts as "anonymous, unsubstantiated and unverifiable." Detainees reported being shackled, placed in solitary confinement, and subjected to delayed or substandard prenatal care. Women reported denial of prenatal vitamins, adequate food, and clean water; medical procedures without informed consent or translation; and being ignored while miscarrying. Several detainees later developed serious infections attributed to medical neglect. A Senate investigation documented widespread mistreatment in DHS custody and identified multiple credible abuse reports involving pregnant women.
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