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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Morgan Lee

Senate: Migrants subject to unnecessary medical procedures

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

U.S. immigration authorities didn't do enough to adequately vet or monitor a gynecologist in rural Georgia who performed unnecessary medical procedures on detained migrant women without their consent, according to results of a Senate investigation released Tuesday.

A Senate panel highlighted results of the 18-month investigation of off-site health care for migrants previously held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the privately owned and operated Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia.

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