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ICE Plans to Deport Another Woman Alleging Nonconsensual Gynecological Procedure

HeadlineNov 12, 2020

In immigration news, Vice reports U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to deport another woman who says she underwent a nonconsensual gynecological procedure while imprisoned at Irwin Detention Center in Georgia. The 36-year-old Mexican woman, being referred to only as Yanira, is among over 50 others who have come forward since a whistleblower complaint alleged horrifying medical neglect, including forced sterilizations, being conducted at Irwin. Yanira has lived in the U.S. since she was 3, and has an 11-year-old daughter who is a U.S. citizen.

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