Human rights organizations have documented dozens of accounts of immigrants receiving inadequate medical treatment, pregnant women and newborns held in custody beyond the time limits allowed by law, and inhumane conditions for those forced to give birth in custody.
Author: Jane Marcus-Delgado
Jane Marcus-Delgado is Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York and author of The Politics of Abortion in Latin America: Public Debates, Private Lives.