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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Sara Cline and Valerie Gonzalez

Immigrant rights group calls for removing pregnant women from detention

Immigration-Pregnant Detainees - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

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.

The letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is part of a broader campaign in recent months by Democrats and immigrant rights groups to draw attention to what they say is the mistreatment of pregnant women who have been detained in Trump's immigration crackdown.

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