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US Customs and Border Protection Quietly Revokes Protections for Pregnant Women and Infants
CBP's acting commissioner has rescinded four Biden-era policies that aimed to protect vulnerable people in the agency's custody, including mothers, infants, and the elderly.
Together, the now-rescinded policies laid out standards for detainees with heightened medical needs—requiring, for instance, access to water and food for pregnant people, ensuring privacy for breastfeeding mothers, and mandating diapers and unexpired formula be stocked in holding facilities. While Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) oversees longer-term detention and deportation proceedings, CBP handles the earliest stages of custody, when migrants are held and processed in short-term facilities that have repeatedly drawn criticism for poor medical care and overcrowding In January, a day after President Donald Trump's inauguration, the Department of Homeland security reversed a Biden-era policy that forbade ICE and CBP officers from arresting people in "protected areas," including schools, places of worship, and hospitals.
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