11Alive reports that a 21-year-old woman who is eight months pregnant was deported out of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport amid a medical distress situation. The woman, identified as Zharick Daniela Buitrago Ortiz, was experiencing “intense, shooting pain in her back and abdomen” as ICE attempted to remove her while her asylum application was pending.

Speaking to 11Alive, Anthony Enriquez, our Vice President of Advocacy and Litigation at the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center, condemned the government’s justification for her removal, stating, “Using Tren de Aragua as a boogeyman to deport 8-month-pregnant women in medical distress is farcical. Americans see through the government’s transparent attempts to deflect from its cruel and dangerous treatment of vulnerable people. Enough is enough.”

The case raises urgent concerns about ICE’s treatment of pregnant people in custody and the use of unsubstantiated allegations to justify deportations despite medical emergencies.

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