Amy Goodman
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ICE Arrests Husband Taking Pregnant Wife to Hospital to Give Birth, Forcing Her to Drive Alone
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August 20, 2018
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9:42Now PlayingIn San Bernardino, California, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a man driving his pregnant wife to the hospital to give birth last Wednesday, sparking widespread outrage. The ICE agents detained Joel ArronaLara when he stopped at a gas station, forcing his wife, Maria del Carmen Venegas, to drive herself to the hospital for her scheduled Csection. The couple has lived in the United States for more than 10 years and has five children, including their newborn baby. For more, we speak with Joel ArronaLara’s lawyer Russell Jauregui, staff attorney at the San Bernardino Community Service Center.
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