A 19-year-old Central American woman gave birth in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody in Chula Vista, California, on Friday. The woman’s attorney, Erika Pinheiro, of the immigration advocacy group Al Otro Lado, tells host Marco Werman that US officials threatened to deport the mother without her newborn girl.
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