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Author: Shefali Luthra, The 19th News

Hands tightly grip a chain-link fence, with a blurred figure standing behind it, suggesting detention or confinement.

ICE has been deporting pregnant and postpartum immigrants. Now we know how many.

March 25, 2026 Updated March 25, 2026
Though federal policy discourages the detention of pregnant women and other at-risk people, Homeland Security numbers show that many have been caught up in the immigration enforcement surge over the past year.

A pregnant mother in ICE detention says she’s bleeding — and hasn’t seen a doctor in weeks

January 30, 2026 Updated January 30, 2026
Cecil Elvir-Quinonez, who is still breastfeeding her youngest child, is awaiting deportation in a Louisiana ICE facility states away from her family and children.

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