More than a dozen women have reported suffering medical neglect and mistreatment while pregnant in U.S. immigration custody, including being shackled, placed in solitary confinement, and denied prenatal care, according to a letter sent to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Senate committees by a coalition of advocacy groups.
The letter — signed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the National Immigration Project, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, the Sanctuary of the South, and the Sanctuary Now Abolition Project — urges ICE to release all pregnant detainees and stop holding anyone known to be pregnant, postpartum, or nursing.
