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Wrote about a complaint I obtained about a woman who gave birth in a border patrol station while still wearing her pants. Her husband heard the baby crying through the fabric and removed her pants, several CBP staff reached for the baby without gloves. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoconnor/pregnant-woman-birth-border-patrol-aclu-complaint
When the family was apprehended by border patrol, the woman was in clear distress, and her husband begged the agent for medical attention, the complaint says. Instead the agent took them on a "rough ride" to the border station. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoconnor/pregnant-woman-birth-border-patrol-aclu-complaint
During processing the “pain became excruciating and intolerable” and sitting down exacerbated it, so she stood up and held onto a trash can as agents repeatedly yelled at her to sit down. She gave birth as her daughters, ages 12 and 2, looked on. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoconnor/pregnant-woman-birth-border-patrol-aclu-complaint
Complaint: She stayed in the hospital for 2 days before being sent back to detention. She was diagnosed with the flu and quarantined with her family, exposing her children to the virus. She asked for a blanket for her newborn and was denied. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoconnor/pregnant-woman-birth-border-patrol-aclu-complaint
For days after walking across a desert, suffering from influenza, and giving birth while still wearing her pants, the woman was denied a shower despite repeatedly asking for one, the complaint says. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoconnor/pregnant-woman-birth-border-patrol-aclu-complaint
