Women told advocates and their attorneys they suffered mistreatment and neglect while they were pregnant and held in immigration custody, including “medical neglect,” substandard care during pregnancy and miscarriage, being shackled, being placed in solitary confinement and being given poor-quality food, according to a letter sent to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and Senate committees Wednesday. “The stories that are represented in this letter are just the tip of the iceberg,” said the author of the letter, Eunice Cho, senior counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Prison Project. “You have women who are talking about being shackled and restrained while they’re actively miscarryi

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