'It's Scary To Go Out Now': How An Undocumented Mom Has Locked Herself in Her Home Over Deportation Fears

Josefina, a 31-year-old Guatemalan migrant recently checked into a hospital to give birth to her son. Two weeks later, her husband was detained by ICE.

Several reports published over the last few months have detailed an increased fear among migrants to go to doctor's appointments and other commitments over concerns about being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Now, those concerns have spilled over into a pregnant woman who report being scared to go into hospitals to give birth over fears of inadvertently letting the immigration agency know of their whereabouts.