"We are trying to get her the medical attention she needs immediately, said Anthony Enriquez, vice-president of US advocacy and litigation at the Kennedy Human Rights Center, whose client, Zharick Daniela Buitrago Ortiz, is on the verge of being sent to Colombia. We are immediately moving to file a lawsuit just to preserve the status quo and to ensure that our client gets the medical care she needs, he said."
"When the human rights center contacted the Guardian, it said Buitrago Ortiz was currently in Atlanta international airport, scheduled for an imminent removal flight to Colombia. A spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Atlanta verified that the deportation was imminent and the women was at the airport, and referred a request for comment to the agency's El Paso office."
"Ortiz and her mother crossed the border in Texas in November, seeking asylum, Enriquez said. They told an immigration judge in a credible fear hearing that is part of an official asylum application that Ortiz' father had been killed after publicly confronting corruption. The mother was deemed to have a credible fear interview and permitted to file an asylum application, Enriquez said. Our client was not and was given an order of expedited removal."
A 21-year-old woman eight months pregnant and in medical distress faces imminent deportation from Atlanta to Colombia. Her attorney, Anthony Enriquez of the Kennedy Human Rights Center, says emergency medical attention is needed and that he will file a lawsuit to preserve the status quo and secure care. Ortiz and her mother crossed the Texas border in November seeking asylum; the mother was found to have credible fear and allowed to apply, while Ortiz received an order of expedited removal. ICE confirmed Ortiz was at Atlanta airport and scheduled for removal. Existing ICE guidance advises against detaining pregnant women.
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