In the alleged words of Yogi Berra: “It's like déjà-vu, all over again.”Earlier this month we examined the case of Sayda Umanzor- a mother who was detained by immigration authorities in Ohio and separated from breastfeeding her nine-month-old daughter. A similar incident has occurred in North Carolina.
Danielle Ferreira- a nursing mother originally from Brazil- was barred from supplying breast milk to her less than two-month-old son after being arrested on a non-immigration charge on Friday. Mecklenburg County jail spokeswoman Julia Rush claimed that inmates cannot provide breast milk without a court order which was why prison officials refused her husband from giving her a breast pump.
Ferreira was temporarily released this afternoon and reunited with her son. Unfortunately her case was not an isolated one, according to one local immigration activist:
Angeles Ortega-Moore, executive director of the Latin American Coalition, said she has heard before of nursing moms not being allowed to express milk while in the Mecklenburg jail.
"That seems to be inhumane for anyone whether they are in this country legally or not. Experts will tell you this is a very difficult time for a mom to be separated from her baby," said Ortega-Moore. "Regardless of what the mom has done, we are putting the health of a young child at risk."
In the aftermath of the Umanzor case, U.S. immigration authorities enacted a new policy to meet the needs of nursing mothers. However, Rush said that prison officials were unaware of the new guidelines until Monday night.
(Hat tip: Guanabee, Vivirlatino).
Sources- The Latin Americanist, Guanabee, Vivirlatino, International Herald Tribune, Charlotte Observer, WCNC, brainyquote.com
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