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Democratic lawmakers demand ICE data on detainee miscarriages

31 October 2026 at 02:01

Demand comes after Guardian investigation found ICE failed to record data on miscarriages suffered by immigrants in its custody between October 2025 and June 2026

US lawmakers are urgently demanding that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) disclose how many pregnant immigrants have experienced miscarriages, stillbirths and pregnancy-related hospitalizations while in the its custody, after the agency admitted it lost count last year.

US representatives sent the request following a recent Guardian investigation revealing that the Trump administration is detaining a record number of pregnant women and teens, and at the same has lost track of how many suffered miscarriages.

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Obamacare Policies Hit Again With Steep Premium Increases for 2027

Premiums will increase an average 13 percent next year for millions of Americans, on top of an earlier steep increase. It adds to the problems facing the program, which the Trump administration has weakened.

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The average price of health insurance in the Obamacare marketplaces will rise by 13 percent next year.

Democrats and Republicans Share Dueling Health Care Messages in Final Midterms Push

30 October 2026 at 18:09
After concentrating on the high price of gas and groceries, Democrats are using health costs to make their case about an “affordability crisis.”

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“People are really, really hanging on by a thread here,” said Rebecca Cooke, a Democratic congressional candidate in Wisconsin who has made health care costs a central issue of her campaign.
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