WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will ease restrictions placed on undocumented people who are pregnant, postpartum or nursing, the latest change in its broader efforts to soften immigration detention policies put in place by former President Donald J. Trump. The language in the policy will be gender neutral, acknowledging that transgender men can give birth — another departure from past directives. The number of pregnant immigrants in detention increased sharply under Mr. Trump, who reversed a policy put in place in 2016 by President Barack Obama that called for detaining them only under extraordinary circumstances. Since 2016, ICE has arrested undocumented pregnant immigrants more than 4,000 times, according to internal government data shared with The Times. There are currently fewer than 20 such immigrants in custody, staying for an average of three days.

Source: New York Times July 09, 2021 14:18 UTC