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Rep. Underwood presses CBP on May 5 policy rescission for pregnant and postpartum detainees
Summary
Representative Lauren Underwood urged CBP to reinstate or replace a rescinded policy that set baseline care standards for pregnant and postpartum noncitizens and infants in CBP custody.
Representative Lauren Underwood, ranking member in the hearing exchange, urged Acting Commissioner Flores to reinstate or replace a CBP policy governing care for pregnant and postpartum noncitizens and infants that the agency rescinded in a May 5 memo.
Underwood told Flores the policy ‘‘is what keeps moms in custody healthy’’ and described the standard the policy created as ‘‘barely the basics’’ — items such as a place to sit or lie down and an extra juice or snack for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers.…
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