Migrant mother forced to sleep on bench with newborn, report says

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : "We found instances when Border Patrol held detainees and their newborns overnight, some for multiple days and nights," the report stated.
48% : The report released Tuesday found that the Border Patrol did not mistreat employees but said the woman started to give birth nine minutes after arriving at the agency's Chula Vista station.
41% : Though the report did not find wrongdoing on the part of Border Patrol officials, it found the agency could not say how many pregnant women had been detained because "it did not consistently track pregnancies."
39% : "In addition, our review of a sample of childbirths in custody showed Border Patrol did not always take prompt action to expedite the release."

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