US customs and border protection quietly invalidate pregnant women and infants
US customs and customs and Border Protecting (CBP) quietly has designed several internal policies designed to protect some vulnerable people in its arrest – including pregnant women, infants, elderly and individuals with serious medical conditions.
The decision, signed in a note on May 5, signed by Pete Flores’ acting Commissioner, eliminates the four policies of the Biden era that have been approved over the past three years. These policies are intended to handle the long -standing CBP defeats to provide sufficient care for those who are at risk.
The May 5 note was distributed inside the leadership of the top agencies but was not publicly announced.
The CBP justified the repayment by rescuing the heritage and custody policies, which were “obsolete” and “inaccurate” with the current executive priorities of the agency.
In addition, changing policies have increased standards for detainees with medical needs – for example, access to water and food for pregnant people, ensuring privacy for breastfeeding mothers, and compulsory diapers and illegal formulas to keep facilities. They also ordered the agents to process at risk as soon as possible to restrict the time of detention.
“This is terrible, and it is only the expansion of the culture of cruelty that the government is trying to commit,” said Sarah Mehta, deputy director of government affairs for the ACLU. With the abolition of these policies, he says, “a catastrophic statement is about the way this government thinks and care about people with young children.”
CBP did not immediately respond to Wired request for comment.
One of the largest law enforcement agencies in the world is CBP primarily responsible for arresting and arresting people crossing the US border without authorization. While immigration and customs clearance (ICE) monitor prolonged detention and exile, CBP performs the first steps of custody when immigrants are maintained and processed in short -term facilities that have repeatedly criticized poor medical care and overcrowding.
In January, the Senate Judicial Committee issued a report of sabotage showing a dysfunction in CBP medical operations. The research showed that chronic deficiency, improper use of medical recording systems, or vague guidance or guidance for treatment of children, pregnant people, and other people with complex medical needs.
The report was presented with the death of an 8 -year -old Danny Reese Alvarez, who died in May 2023 at a CBP center in Harlingen, Texas. The Panama girl, who had a well -known history of heart disease and anemia, was reportedly called for help with her mother. Both were ignored. He died in arrest, spent his final hours in facilities that his employees without, and seemingly unwanted – to provide intensive care.
“I only posted serious concerns to the Trump administration last week, serious concerns about transparency, accountability and human behavior with detainees, and in particular,” the US Senator Deco, a former head of the Senate Judicial Committee and current rank, US senator and current member, said. Instead of measures to correct the course, the Trump administration canceled several domestic policies aimed at protecting some vulnerable people in the arrest of CBP-including pregnant women, children, elderly, and those with serious medical conditions.
