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Women told advocates and their attorneys they suffered mistreatment and neglect while they were pregnant and held in immigration custody, including “medical neglect,” substandard care during pregnancy ...

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A pregnant woman stands for a portrait in Dallas, Thursday, May 18, 2023. This story was originally reported by Shefali Luthra and Mel Leonor Barclay of The 19th. Cary López Alvarado, of Hawthorne, ...

This story was originally published by The 19th. Cary López Alvarado, of Hawthorne, California, was nine months pregnant when she was arrested by immigration officials alongside her husband, an ...