Pregnant woman in medical distress being deported from US, attorney says

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Source: theguardian.com
Pregnant woman in medical distress being deported from US, attorney says

Woman who is eight months pregnant on verge of being sent to Colombia by ICE

A 21-year-old woman who is eight months pregnant and in a state of medical distress is being deported from Atlanta on Wednesday afternoon, a human rights attorney said, pleading for emergency assistance for his client.

“We are trying to get her the medical attention she needs immediately,” said Anthony Enriquez, vice-president of US advocacy and litigation at the Kennedy Human Rights Center, whose client, Zharick Daniela Buitrago Ortiz, is on the verge of being sent to Colombia.

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