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Mother Detained While Breastfeeding | Salt Lake City News
A Guatemalan mother, Maria Perez, is locked up in Louisiana while breastfeeding her 10-month-old and caring for her 2-year-old with Down syndrome — a situation her lawyers say violates ICE’s own rules against detaining nursing mothers without extreme circumstances. Filing a habeas petition and administrative complaint, they’re pushing for immediate relief as she seeks asylum from domestic violence back home. Advocates warn her children are in peril without a safety plan, while federal officials counter that she’s an undocumented immigrant with prior fraud charges and left her kids with a…
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