{"id":639134,"date":"2018-10-28T07:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T13:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=639134"},"modified":"2018-10-29T08:07:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T14:07:53","slug":"after-ice-detained-this-migrant-her-c-section-scar-ripped-open-she-was-denied-surgery-for-4-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2018\/10\/after-ice-detained-this-migrant-her-c-section-scar-ripped-open-she-was-denied-surgery-for-4-months\/","title":{"rendered":"After ICE detained this migrant, her C-section scar ripped open. She was denied surgery for 4 months."},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Luz\"

Courtesy Ruby Powers<\/p>

Luz, a Honduran mother who was separated from her son under “zero-tolerance,” stands with her belongings in Houston after she was released from an ICE detention center.<\/p><\/div>\n

In the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers where she was held, Luz became known as la llorona<\/em> \u2014 the one who cries.<\/p>\n

Luz, who asked to be identified only by her first name to protect her from an abusive husband in Honduras if she\u2019s deported, said she was in emotional and physical pain for the five months she was in federal detention. First, she was separated from her 15-year-old son under the U.S. government\u2019s short-lived \u201czero-tolerance\u201d<\/a> policy after fleeing what she described as 17 years of physical and emotional abuse \u2014 including death threats \u2014 from her husband and illegally crossing the Rio Grande on May 16.<\/p>\n

They were quickly apprehended by Border Patrol agents near McAllen and requested asylum; Luz was sent to the Port Isabel Detention Center while her son was shipped to a San Antonio migrant youth shelter. Luz said she left her six other children in the care of her mother and other relatives in Honduras; her lawyer said she hoped to gain asylum and bring them to the United States to join her.<\/p>\n