27-09-2019 21:23 via kvoa.com

ACLU argues pregnant women wrongly returned to Mexico

WASHINGTON (AP) — Civil rights groups are seeking an investigation by Homeland Security’s watchdog into the practice of sending pregnant women back over the U.S.-Mexico border to wait out their asylum claims.
The complaint filed Friday with the Homeland Security’s inspector general details more than a dozen women who have been returned to Mexico. Some were more than eight months pregnant at the time.
More than 45,000 migrants have been returned to Mexico since January. Lawsuits
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