Immigration policies are creating impossible choices for NICU families.
Parents are afraid to visit their infants, deterred by anti-immigrant rhetoric and fear of U.S. ICE actions at hospitals.
@neodrswenson.bsky.social and I wrote about this here:
www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...
Protecting families in moments of crisis is not only a medical priority but also a moral one. The way we care for babies reflects who we are as a country and who we want to become, write guest columni...
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Emily Miller MD MS FAAP
Nayra Guzmán was 15 days post C-section — going to see her baby in the NICU — when she was taken to Broadview and held in custody for about 34 hours.
She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump.
Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.
Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. Nayra Guzmán was detained while her 15-day-old baby was in the NICU.
