ICE paves way to detain more pregnant immigrants

The Trump administration will no automatically release pregnant immigrants from detention centers. This new policy will have more pregnant women in detention centers compared from the past when there was not much pregnant women in detention centers. In December there was 506 pregnant women detained and since March 20 there has been 35 pregnant women detained. Immigration officers will no longer release pregnant immigrant women. During the Obama administration the officers were urged to release pregnant women except for extreme circumstances. With the new policy it will be evaluated case by case. Immigrant and women support groups have raised concerns about the health care that the women will receive. Service's will be provided for the women however The Women's Refugee Commission has documented bad conditions in the detention centers. Most women are pregnant due to rape on their way to the United States. Pregnant women should not be detain due to the circumstance. Detention centers are not fit to hold these women. https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/29/politics/ice-immigration-pregnant-women/index.html