US stops jailing pregnant migrants, reversing Trump policy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : The new directive, announced Friday, does not bar Immigration and Customs Enforcement from initiating proceedings to deport women who are pregnant, nursing or gave birth within the past year.
42% : ICE is required by law to detain some migrants, including foreign nationals who have been convicted of certain crimes or terrorist activity.
41% : The number of pregnant women detained by ICE increased from 1,380 in 2016 to 2,098, according to the Government Accountability Office.
38% : Under Obama, ICE adopted a policy in August 2016 that pregnant migrants would be presumed eligible for release as their cases made their way through immigration courts.
35% : ICE recently adopted draft guidelines to focus apprehensions on people in the United States illegally who recently entered the country, pose a national security threat or have committed serious crimes.

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