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Story summary
- The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) documents severe neglect and abuse of pregnant and postpartum women in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.
- The reports say women were denied medical care, shackled, left to miscarry without assistance.
- A coalition of advocacy groups urged ICE to release these women, but ICE dismissed the findings as unsubstantiated.
- Legal directives prohibit detention of pregnant individuals without exceptional circumstances, yet ICE detains them, violating humanitarian principles.
