Meet the Federal Agency Helping to Criminalize Pregnant Migrants
Pregnant asylum seekers in Texas are held in federal custody and must sometimes endure life-threatening cir stances, according to one advocate, because of the way the United States has chosen to criminalize those seeking asylum.
one federal law enforcement agency has largely operated under the radar. And, advocates say, it’s committing “atrocities” against pregnant migrants.
USMS is the agency helping to criminalize one of the most at-risk populations in federal custody.
“Why they seem to be choosing pregnant asylum seekers as their sacrificial lambs for the zero-tolerance policy, I can’t say.”
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