A report by the Department of Homeland Security's watchdog revealed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) performed up to 214 unapproved surgeries, including two sterilizations and hysterectomies, on migrant women in custody between 2019 and 2021. The inspector general stated that these procedures, which included the removal of a woman's uterus, were not properly approved and lacked necessary medical documentation in the detainees' files.
This included hysterectomies that were performed on asylum-seekers in ICE Health Service Corps facilities in Fiscal Years 2019 through 2021, according to the report. READ MORE: https://t.co/8mcis1OJMU
ICE failed to adequately document some major procedures, including hysterectomies, watchdog finds https://t.co/IetFQljBfP
The inspector general said the hysterectomies, a procedure where a woman’s uterus is removed, were part of dozens of surgeries performed on migrants by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement despite never being properly approved. https://t.co/YiEEdnoaLb
ICE performed up to 214 unapproved surgeries on migrants, DHS watchdog says https://t.co/skIWQ18iIG
Homeland Security says ICE performed up to 214 unapproved surgeries - including two sterilizations - on migrant women in custody between 2019 and 2021 https://t.co/WNStUqfitO https://t.co/zMyFWYHa6a
Watchdog says ICE 'performed 100s of unapproved surgeries on migrants' https://t.co/gMvhcXCXBo https://t.co/JjPS6vfYPV
“The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California authorized migrant families separated at the border in 2018 to depose former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen regarding the Trump administration’s notorious family separation policy.” https://t.co/7X7Ls5PqE7
ICE performed hysterectomies on two detainees for whom medical necessity was not documented, new Department of Homeland Security watchdog report finds https://t.co/lOEQh91I8p
ICE performed hysterectomies on two detainees for whom medical necessary was not documented in their medical files, new Department of Homeland Security watchdog report finds https://t.co/1cTHpGH0EY