Pregnant Mexican Mother Fights for Release from U.S. Detention Facility Jean Guerrero - KPBS
go to original August 25, 2017

Pregnant San Diego Mother's Detention Could Reflect Changes in Immigration Enforcement (KPBS News)

In San Diego, a pregnant mother in immigration detention embodies the broadened focus of President Trump's immigration crackdown, which no longer pivots around serious criminals but anyone who entered the country illegally.

Maria Solis Jasso, 28, filed an application for release from the Otay Mesa Detention Facility earlier this month, with the hope of fighting deportation from her home in North County, where she lives with her three daughters, ages 10, 4 and 2. Solis asked KPBS not to show her face during an on-camera interview late Thursday.

"I don't want my daughters to see my face in this uniform — I think it's painful enough for them to know I'm not with them," she said, her voice breaking. "All they know is mommy went to work and still has not returned."

With strands of black hair surrounding her face that fell from a low ponytail, Solis repeatedly wept during the interview and said she feared she was going to have a miscarriage.

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