Alicia reported for her scheduled check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in April, a process she had completed many times as an immigrant living in Louisiana for nearly a decade. This time, she was abruptly taken into federal custody.
ICE transported her to the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile, where agents conducted a health screening that revealed she was pregnant. Despite an ICE directive generally prohibiting the detention of pregnant women, Alicia was held there for three months.
