US border agency said it 'rescued' a Honduran woman and newborn. Then it separated them and detained her
WASHINGTON - "Border Patrol Agents Rescue Woman in Labor," the release from Customs and Border Protection read on Friday.
What border officials didn't mention was that, just hours after their purported rescue, they separated the Honduran immigrant from her newborn and detained her pending possible removal, according to lawyers and advocates.
Border agents responding to a 911 call Wednesday night found the woman shortly after she'd delivered her baby alone in a field in Eagle Pass, Texas. The officials first transported mother and child to a nearby hospital, then the child was airlifted to a neonatal intensive care unit in San Antonio, hours from where they are holding her mother in custody.
"They told her she was going to be sent back to Mexico
