HIDALGO, Texas (AP) – Immigration officials say a 24-year-old woman delivered a stillborn baby while in custody last week.
They say the Honduran woman was about six months pregnant when she went into premature labor and delivered a stillborn boy on Friday after having been hospitalized but cleared for release a day earlier. She had spent four days in immigration custody.
In a joint statement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, two separate agencies that fall under the homeland security department, said the woman was arrested by the Border Patrol on Feb. 18 near Hidalgo, Texas.
Authorities haven’t identified the woman and said they’re not releasing any more details.
CBP and ICE said the woman was taken to a hospital and released on Feb. 21 after undergoing two screenings.