Dear Friend,
Today, the ACLU, alongside over 175 other organizations and medical professionals sent a letter to Troy Miller, Acting Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) – parent agency of the Border Patrol. In it, we demanded the agency uphold the reproductive rights and health of migrants in the wake of new evidence of harm.
The fact is, border detention centers are notoriously unsafe for anyone, let alone people who are pregnant.
Still, border agents routinely put pregnant migrants in cells, denying people adequate and necessary medical care. These conditions are life-threatening.
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Today’s letter follows multiple unaddressed letters from the ACLU, alongside fellow advocacy groups as well as medical professionals, including an October 2022 letter signed by 130 signatories.
Since that October letter, we have learned of multiple new instances of harm. That includes an incident this January, in which Border Patrol agents apprehended and transported a pregnant woman who was having contractions to a San Diego hospital, and then attempted to separate her from her school-aged daughter – a wholly unnecessary action that caused extreme stress and harm to both pregnant mother and her young child.
We will not allow this injustice to continue. Send a message to CBP today demanding that pregnant, postpartum, and nursing persons and infants be released as soon as possible – so they can access the safe reproductive health care they need.
Thank you in advance for speaking out. Together, we can make a change.
Sincerely,
Melissa Galeano
Pronouns: She, her, hers
Campaign Strategist, ACLU
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