“They didn’t do anything,” Pagoada told HuffPost. A 2016 memo states that pregnant women should only be locked up in immigrant detention centers in “extraordinary circumstances.” Despite this, the agency acknowledges detaining hundreds of pregnant women annually. But two additional women told HuffPost they have also lost pregnancies since July, raising concerns among lawyers and immigrant rights groups that the Trump administration is detaining pregnant women is greater numbers, putting the health of women and the babies they’re carrying at risk in the process. Hernández’s lawyer, Jeremy Jong, called the deportation officer after hearing about the case, reminding him that detaining pregnant women is against protocol. Immigrant rights groups say pregnant women are routinely getting detained here, in a departure from practice under the Obama administration.

Source: Huffington Post September 27, 2017 20:15 UTC