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FILE - The South Louisiana ICE Processing Center is seen in this aerial photo in Basile, La., Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

BATON ROUGE, La. – Women taken into custody by U.S. immigration agents while pregnant say they received inadequate care in a letter Wednesday that calls on the Trump administration to stop holding expectant mothers in federal detention facilities.

The letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is part of a broader campaign in recent months by Democrats and immigrant rights groups to draw attention to what they say is the mistreatment of pregnant women who have been detained in Trump's immigration crackdown.

The Department of Homeland Security has defended the care g

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