Migrant Mother Denied Surgery for 4 Months after ICE Detained Her, and C-Section Scar Ripped Open.
United States (TexasTribune) – In the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers where she was held, Luz became known as la llorona — the one who cries. Luz, who asked to be identified only by her first name to protect her from an abusive husband in Honduras if she’s deported, said she was in emotional and physical pain for the five months she was in federal detention. First, she was separated from her 15-year-old son under the U.S. government’s short-lived “zero-tolerance” policy after fleeing what she described as 17 years of…
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