Melanie Mallon
@melmall.bsky.social
Writer/editor in semirural Minnesota trying to reschedule the end times (she/her)
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“Even though she was still trying to produce breast milk for her daughter, Guzmán had limited access to food and water…and was never provided a breast pump… Guzmán was left to manage the pain of her C-section recovery as well as her Type 1 diabetes with the supplies she had in her backpack”
Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.
Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. Nayra Guzmán was detained while her 15-day-old baby was in the NICU.
19thnews.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:11 AM
“Even though she was still trying to produce breast milk for her daughter, Guzmán had limited access to food and water…and was never provided a breast pump… Guzmán was left to manage the pain of her C-section recovery as well as her Type 1 diabetes with the supplies she had in her backpack”