Overview
- Women’s Refugee Commission and Physicians for Human Rights reported that most newly deported parents they interviewed in Honduras were never asked about their children, a step required by ICE policy.
- The groups documented parents separated from kids without a chance to arrange care, including cases where children were left alone or with ad hoc caregivers after arrests.
- Researchers described inadequate medical attention for pregnant and postpartum people, with postpartum mothers separated from infants and deportations during acute complications.
- DHS defended detention healthcare and said pregnancy in ICE custody is rare, providing lawmakers figures showing 121 pregnant, postpartum or nursing women detained as of February 16 and 363 deported since January 1, 2025.
- The report highlights a July 2025 revision that makes ICE facilitation of a deported parent’s choice to reunite with children contingent on what the agency deems operationally feasible.