Immigration Facilities Housing Pregnant Teens in Texas Still Lack Specialized Care, Advocates Say

The San Benito shelter is owned and operated by Urban Strategies, a for-profit company that has contracted with the federal government to care for unaccompanied children for more than a decade. (Credit: Via The Texas Tribune)

Earlier this year, in February, investigations by human and immigrant rights groups revealed that several young pregnant migrants were being sent to detention facility in San Benito, Texas, where they are held without the proper care they need.

Several weeks after those reports on the San Benito detention center, the same problems persist, with multiple organizations saying the region lacks the specialized health care pregnant youth need, putting them at risk.