Woman says miscarried after shackled in immigration facility
An asylum seeker from Mexico suffered a miscarriage after she tripped and fell while shackled in immigration detention, even though pregnant detainees are not supposed to be restrained, her lawyers said.
Monserrat Ruiz was given a pregnancy test after arriving at an immigration detention facility in Bakersfield, California, in May, yet she was "fully shackled in leg and arm restraints" on a trip to the hospital, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California wrote in a letter Thursday to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ...
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