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Pregnant women who have been swept up in President Trump’s immigration crackdown have been held in detention centers as late as eight months into their pregnancies without adequate food or medical care, according to a New York Times examination of 10 cases.

The Times review found that, in those cases, DHS violated longstanding guidelines for how to treat pregnant women in detention, subjecting them to conditions that medical experts say can jeopardize the health of mothers and their babies.

Some pregnant women said they were served food covered in cockroaches and water that tasted like bleach. In five cases identified by The Times, ICE agents cuffed a pregnant woman’s hands and ankles, even after learning about their pregnancies, according to the women, their lawyers, their families and legal briefs. Two said the agents wrapped chains around their bellies, refusing to remove them even after one woman began bleeding on the airplane bound for a detention center.

At the link in our bio, read more about the account, based on interviews with women either currently detained or recently released, as well as an analysis of court filings, government documents and medical records. Photos by @nataliekeyssar, @paulratje and @daniele_volpe