Ossoff Report Details ICE Abuse of Pregnant Women and Children
A Senate investigation documents 510 human rights violations, including miscarriages, child neglect, and sexual assaults in ICE custody.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., has released a sweeping investigation documenting hundreds of human rights abuses in U.S. immigration detention, including dozens of cases involving pregnant women and children.
Since January, Ossoff’s office has identified 510 credible reports of abuse across facilities run by the Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Prisons, Health and Human Services, county jails, federal prisons, and even overseas U.S. military bases in Cuba and Djibouti. Among them were 41 cases of physical and sexual abuse, 14 involving pregnant women, and 18 involving children.