Pregnant Migrants Experience Horrific Abuse in US Custody

FEATURING TINA VASQUEZ – The Washington Post has reported that immigrant minors are being held in detention longer than is legally allowed. And, the Southern Poverty Law Center together with the ACLU of Louisiana has launched a lawsuit over the prolonged detention of hundreds of asylum seekers.

As the Trump administration continues to ramp up attacks on migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers, we cover a new series of investigative reports that shines a light on the horrific cruelty that pregnant women migrants are facing under the Trump Administration.

Immigration Reporter Tina Vasquez of Rewire.News has found that some women in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) are shackled while giving birth and even separated from their newborns. Pregnant women are also being criminalized for seeking asylum.

Tina Vasquez, immigration reporter at Rewire.News. Previously, she was a freelance writer and editor with almost ten years of experience, focusing on intersectional feminism, racial justice, and immigration. She is the former associate editor at Black Girl Dangerous and has contributed to the Guardian, Truthout, Jezebel, Bitch Magazine, and Al Jazeera.

**This segment was originally broadcast on May 31, 2019.