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By BRANDON MESSICK
Daily Press Staff Writer
Representatives from the American Civil Liberties Union, the New Mexico Immigration Law Center, Young Women United and other civil rights groups visited the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Artesia this week, and have spoken out against alleged abuses or neglect of detainees.
Tannia Esparza, executive director of Young Women United, told the Associated Press this week that children with coughs and diarrhea are not being treated, and that pregnant mothers are being targeted for expedited removal from the country. … For the rest of the story, subscribe in print and on the web.

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