#Trump’s US #Customs & #Border Protection Quietly Revokes Protections for #PregnantWomen & #Infants
#CBP's acting commissioner has rescinded 4 #Biden-era policies that aimed to protect vulnerable people in the agency's custody, including #mothers, #babies, & the #elderly.
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https://archive.is/2025.05.08-221934/https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-rescinds-policies-on-care-of-pregnant-women-infants/
They also instructed agents to process #AtRisk individuals as quickly as possible to limit time in #custody.
“It's appalling & it's just an extension of the culture of #cruelty that the administration is trying to perpetrate,”says Sarah Mehta, deputy director of Govt Affairs for the #ACLU’s #Equality Division. Rescinding the policies, she says, “is a damning statement about the way that this administration thinks & cares about people with young #children.”
One of the world’s largest law enforcement agencies, #CBP is primarily responsible for apprehending & detaining individuals who cross the US border without authorization. While #ICE oversees longer-term #detention & #deportation proceedings, CBP handles the earliest stages of #custody, when migrants are held & processed in short-term facilities that have repeatedly drawn criticism for poor #MedicalCare & #overcrowding.
In January the #Senate #Judiciary Cmte issued a damning report revealing dysfunction in #CBP's #medical operations. The investigation revealed chronic understaffing, improper use of medical records systems, & vague or nonexistent guidance for treating #children, #pregnant individuals, & others with complex medical needs.
The report was prompted by the death of 8-year-old Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez, who died in May 2023 at a #CBP facility in Harlingen, TX. The Panamanian girl, who had a known history of #heart problems & #SickleCellAnemia, reportedly pleaded for help along with her mother. Both were ignored. She died in custody, her final hours spent in a facility whose staff were unequipped—& seemingly unwilling—to provide #CriticalCare.
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“Just last week in letters to the #Trump administration, I raised serious concerns about #transparency, #accountability, & the #humane treatment of detained individuals, particularly in light of repeated reports of #detainee #mistreatment & inadequate #MedicalCare,” US Sen #DickDurbin [D-IL], chair of the #Senate #Judiciary Cmte, tells WIRED.
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“Instead of taking actions to course correct, the #Trump admin rescinded several internal policies aimed at protecting some of the most #vulnerable individuals in #CBP custody….This is unacceptable. We are a nation of values, & these values should be represented in the care of vulnerable people in our government’s #custody,” Durbin continued.
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