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A whistleblower who previously worked at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Georgia detailed a high rate of hysterectomies and alleged medical neglect in a complaint filed to the Department of Homeland Security inspector general Monday.

Americans must not turn away the nation's dark history of forced sterilization, says Allison Hope, but must demand accountability from the Department of Homeland Security after a whistleblower's chilling allegations of medical abuse at an ICE detention facili…

There's a shameful legacy of US officials ordering operations on people without their consent -- often disproportionately targeting people of color -- with laws driven by racism and cloaked in terms about mental health and fitness. " name="twi

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An immigration detention center in Georgia performed questionable hysterectomies, refused to test detainees for COVID-19 and shredded medical records, according to a nurse quoted in a complaint filed Monday.

The Office of the Inspector General opened an investigation into the allegations presented in a whistleblower’s complaint from a former nurse at the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Ga.

Two undocumented immigrants suspected in the gang slaying of a 16-year-old girl in Baltimore were in police custody before they were released because of sanctuary city policies, despite requests from federal immigration officials to hand them over, officials …

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A whistleblower nurse and lawyers for detainees say women have been abused by a gynecologist working for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Georgia. Nurse Dawn Wooten and detainees’ lawyers said women described unnecessary gynecological proced…

NBC News reporter Julia Ainsley on the breaking story of an alarming whistleblower complaint that "high numbers" of female detained immigrants at an ICE detention center in Georgia received questionable hysterectomies while in ICE custody

Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) joins Hallie Jackson to decry the reports of forced hysterectomies being performed at ICE detention centers. Merkley describes a culture and a "philosophy" within the department which he says creates an unsafe environment for detai…

Jacob Soboroff, MSNBC correspondent, interviews Dawn Wooten, nurse and whistleblower who alleges that medically unnecessary procedures were performed on ICE prisoners, including hysterectomies.

In an exclusive interview, a woman who was detained at an ICE facility in Georgia says she felt pressured into a full abdominal hysterectomy by an OBGYN. “I felt like I had no right to say anything. Dr. Amin just told me, you're gonna get a hysterectomy done,…

Nurse Dawn Wooten alleges mass hysterectomies performed at Georgia facility: “I had several detained women on numerous occasions that would come to me and say, ‘Ms. Wooten, I had a hysterectomy. Why?’ I had no answers as to why they had those procedures.”

Rachel Maddow shares further reporting by NBC News on the claims by a whistleblowing nurse that ICE prisoners were subject to unnecessary medical procedures, including hysterectomies.

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As is often the case with wild allegations of institutional misconduct, it is wise to demand proof, but also urgent to insist that the charge be properly looked into.

According to Cuccinelli, the DHS’s initial review found that the allegations are not backed up by any documentation sent to Washington by ICE.

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The Department of Homeland Security has opened an investigation into allegations of forced hysterectomies at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Georgia. DHS confirmed the pr...

Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D) Wednesday said she was briefed by lawyers representing women who allegedly received unwarranted hysterectomies while in custody at an immigration detention center in Georgia....

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday called for an immediate investigation into allegations detailed in a whistleblower complaint over “jarring medical neglect” at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center.

Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday called for an investigation into allegations detailed a day before in a whistleblower complaint over “jarring medical neglect” at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Georgia. The...

A whistleblower report filed Monday with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) alleges widesp...