Re: Protections for Pregnant, Postpartum, and Nursing Women in Immigration Custody Dear President Trump, Secretary Noem, and Acting Director Lyons: We write as pro-life organizations to urge the immediate reinstatement and enforcement of federal protections that prevent the detention of pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women, except in truly exceptional circumstances. Pregnancy and early postpartum are medical states that require care that immigration detention facilities ar

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2026 Washington, DC  — A coalition of more than 30 pro-life organizations and thought leaders is calling on the Trump administration to reinstate federal protections preventing the detention of pregnant, postpartum and nursing women in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. In an open letter to President Trump, Secretary Noem and Acting ICE Director Lyons, the coalition argues that immigration policy does not require putting

by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — The first time I went to the March for Life, I was five years old. I understood the basic concept in a child-friendly way: killing babies before they are born is wrong, and we march to show that. That year we missed our bus back home, and I thought it was a great adventure! Taking a metro ride was the perfect end to my wonderful day.  I went with my dad and big sister, the two people in the world I felt the safest with besides my own mother, who s

by Timothy Kirchoff — Recently, a number of anti-ICE protestors disrupted a worship service at Cities Church in St. Paul because one of the church’s leaders is also a  Field Office Director for ICE . Department of Justice officials are apparently considering charging these protestors under the FACE Act , which was originally introduced in 1993 by then-Representative Chuck Schumer in order to stop the pro-life protests — some of them violent, even deadly — that had been occurr

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