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Immigration authorities have detained more than 500 pregnant women since December. That's when the Trump¹ administration ended a practice of releasing most pregnant women while their immigration cases are pending². The move, made public last week, has led to an outcry from immigrant advocates who say these women aren't getting adequate care. Liz Jones from member station KUOW in Seattle reports.

LIZ JONES, BYLINE³: (Speaking Spanish).

JACINTA MORALES: (Speaking Spanish).

JONES: I met Jacinta Morales, who is undocumented, at the Northwest Detention⁴ Center in Tacoma, Wash., last year. She's in a yellow uniform, her long hair pulled back in braids. Speaking through an interpreter, she says she had complications with her pregnancy⁵ starting the day she learned Immigration and Customs Enforcement planned to put her on a flight back to Mexico.

MORALES: (Through interpreter) The day that ICE told me that I would be leaving in a week's time, I - well, I started to cry, and I had pains, and I felt nausea⁶.

JONES: She was worried about being separated from her son in Portland, Ore. He's 11 and a U.S. citizen. Medical records from the detention center document her anxiety and that her condition was getting worse. Then one day, Morales woke up bleeding.

MORALES: (Through interpreter) And they put me in a room like this one, and I was really bleeding hard. The officer asked me if I was feeling a lot of pain, and I said yes. And she said, I'm going to go and see if they can see you quickly.

JONES: Roughly three hours after her initial complaint, she's taken to the hospital in the back of a patrol car, sitting up. Her pregnancy ends in a miscarriage⁷. An ICE spokeswoman says Morales received appropriate care, but Morales believes more could have been done.

Morales is one of 10 pregnant women who've made a formal complaint to the Department of Homeland Security. Some say they got poor prenatal care. Others miscarried and blamed the stress of being detained. Dozens of Congress members have called for a thorough investigation⁸. Matt Adams is with the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, one of the groups representing the women.

MATT ADAMS: Enough is enough. You can move forward and enforce immigration laws, but you don't have to do it in a manner that blatantly⁹ violates human rights, that simply disregards the health of pregnant women.

JONES: Under the Obama administration, ICE updated its guidelines for pregnant women facing deportation¹⁰. And generally they said don't lock them up unless there's a serious criminal history or extraordinary circumstances. The Trump administration just reversed that. Philip Miller¹¹, an ICE official, says the shift is in line with the president's crackdown on illegal immigration.

PHILIP MILLER: From our perspective, we're just aligning¹² this policy, as we are with all of our policies, with the president's direction that we're not going to, you know, carve out classes of persons that are not subject to the law.

JONES: Rather than a blanket policy that favors releasing these women, Miller says they'll evaluate each case individually.

MILLER: Taking into account all factors to include the woman's pregnancy and ICE's ability to care for her in detention.

JONES: And other factors like if she is a flight risk or a threat to public safety. Miller says detention centers are equipped to care for pregnant immigrants but that women in their third trimester will generally be released. From inside detention, Jacinta Morales said she's telling her story in the hope that other women won't face what she went through.

MORALES: (Through interpreter) It's a place where I would not wish any woman to be in at all. It makes you feel desperate.

JONES: Morales has since been released. The judge set the bond amount at the lowest level possible, indicating she's not a flight risk or dangerous. She is now with her son in Oregon. Her immigration case is still pending. For NPR News, I'm Liz Jones in Seattle.

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 pending   

prep.直到，等待…期间；adj.待定的；迫近的

参考例句：

• The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
• He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。

3 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

4 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

5 pregnancy   

n.怀孕，怀孕期

参考例句：

• Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
• Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。

6 nausea   

n.作呕，恶心；极端的憎恶(或厌恶)

参考例句：

• Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕期常有恶心的现象。
• He experienced nausea after eating octopus.吃了章鱼后他感到恶心。

7 miscarriage   

n.失败，未达到预期的结果；流产

参考例句：

• The miscarriage of our plans was a great blow.计划的失败给我们以巨大的打击。
• Women who smoke are more to have a miscarriage.女性吸烟者更容易流产。

8 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

9 blatantly   

ad.公开地

参考例句：

• Safety guidelines had been blatantly ignored. 安全规章被公然置之不顾。
• They walked grandly through the lobby, blatantly arm in arm, pretending they were not defeated. 他们大大方方地穿过门厅，故意炫耀地挎着胳膊，假装他们没有被打败。

10 deportation   

n.驱逐，放逐

参考例句：

• The government issued a deportation order against the four men.政府发出了对那4名男子的驱逐令。
• Years ago convicted criminals in England could face deportation to Australia.很多年以前，英国已定罪的犯人可能被驱逐到澳大利亚。

11 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

12 aligning   

n. (直线)对准 动词align的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• There are signs that the prime minister is aligning himself with the liberals. 有迹象表明首相正在与自由党人结盟。
• ToolTips provide textual hints that assist in drawing lines and aligning objects. 工具提示提供了协助画线和对象对齐的文本提示。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓