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House Probe Finds Irwin County ICE Center May Have Defrauded U.S. Gov’t in Medical Abuse Scheme

HeadlineDec 08, 2021

An investigation by House Democrats into the medical abuse and forced sterilization of immigrants detained at Georgia’s Irwin County Detention Center found the doctor who performed unnecessary gynecological treatments and surgeries did not meet acceptable standards of care. The investigation also signaled Dr. Mahendra Amin may have performed the invasive procedures to inflate payment from the government and “defraud the Department of Homeland Security and the federal government without consequences.”

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