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UPR Resources
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The following resources and research can be found in greater context in the report.
Policies, Laws, and Related Considerations
Amnesty International’s CEDAW Fact Sheet
Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Fact Sheet – American Immigration Council
Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Overview – National PREA Resource Center
What is the Affordable Care Act? – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The Marshall Project’s Report on Zero Tolerance Policy
Case Reversal in Which Jeff Sessions, former Attorney General of the United States, Reversed a Decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals Finding that Domestic Violence Victims May Apply for Asylum as a Special Group
Stepped Up Illegal-Entry Prosecutions Reduce Those for Other Crimes by TRAC Immigration at Syracuse University
Pregnancy
Letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security RE: U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s Detention and Treatment of Pregnant Women by America Civil Liberties Union, American Immigration Council, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, Northwest Immigration Rights Project, Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, and Women’s Refugee Commission
ICE Not Following Its Own Rules on Releasing Pregnant People – Rewire.News
28 Women Have Miscarried in ICE Custody in the Last Two Years – 2019 Vice Article
Her miscarriage in ICE detention raises questions about care – KUOW.org Article
Letter from The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Academy of Family Physicians Expressing Concern Over ICE’s Decision to End Its Policy on Presumptive Release of Pregnant Women and Adolescents from Immigration Detention Facilities
Violence Against Women
Report of the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Its Causes and Consequences – United Nations
The Cost of Home Detention: Sexual Abuse and Assault – Women’s Refugee Commission
Case Reversal in Which Jeff Sessions, former Attorney General of the United States, Reversed a Decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals Finding that Domestic Violence Victims May Apply for Asylum as a Special Group
Press Release About Women Refugees Being At High Risk of Gender-Based Violence – European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
Menstrual Care
Report by Alma Poletti, Investigator with Washington State, Documenting Lack of Access to Menstrual Products in Detention
Newsweek Article about Prisoners’ Lack of Access to Menstrual Products
Article about Lawsuit Filed by 19 States Against U.S. Government for Treatment of Youth In Detention, Including Lack of Access to Menstrual Products – Huffington Post
Understanding Menstrual Hygiene Management and Human Rights – Human Rights Watch and WASH United
Youth
NPR Report on Tearful, Sick and Underfed Children in Border Control Facility
Letter from The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Academy of Family Physicians Expressing Concern Over ICE’s Decision to End Its Policy on Presumptive Release of Pregnant Women and Adolescents from Immigration Detention Facilities
Article about Lawsuit Filed by 19 States Against U.S. Government for Treatment of Youth In Detention, Including Lack of Access to Menstrual Products – Huffington Post
Reproductive Care
Undocumented Teen Held in Texas Is At The Heart Of An Abortion Fight – National Public Radio
General
Annunciation House – Reporting on conditions in the border region of El Paso, TX