Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has acknowledged it failed to document miscarriages, stillbirths, and pregnancy-related hospitalizations among immigrants in its custody over the past eight months, prompting urgent calls from lawmakers for transparency. The admission comes after a report highlighted the detention of a rising number of pregnant women and teens, raising concerns over unrecorded medical incidents during confinement. With ICE unable to provide accurate figures, representatives have pressed the agency to account for the health risks faced by detained pregnant individuals. The disclosure underscores broader questions about oversight and care in immigration detention facilities.
ICE failed to record data on miscarriages suffered by immigrants in its custody between October 2025 and June 2026US lawmakers are urgently demanding that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) disclose how many pregnant immigrants have experienced miscarriages, stillbirths and pregnancy-related hospitalizations while in the its custody, after the agency admitted it lost count last year.US representatives sent the request following a recent Guardian investigation revealing that the Trump administration is detaining a record number of pregnant women and teens, and at the same has lost track of how many suffered miscarriages. Continue reading...
