The Justice Briefing with Dr. Jemar Tisby
Sep 19, 2026 · 46 min · 16 segments
For decades, the religious right told Christians that abortion was the one issue that outweighed every other. Yet ICE recorded at least 18 miscarriages in its custody from January through September…
Jemar TisbyHost
Okay, so the thing that triggered this episode is an article from The Guardian, The Guardian news outlet.
And it said, I just want to give you the title, ICE lost count of miscarriages while detaining a record number of pregnant women.
ICE lost count of miscarriages while detaining a record number of pregnant women.
You can go there and I put together another carousel that said, in essence, ICE recorded 18 miscarriages among women in its custody from January through September 2025. january through september 18 miscarriages that were recorded um but then i stopped counting we have no new numbers no new data from october 2020 2025 to now ice has lost count of babies lost in the womb because they're not counting it anymore.
Now, the Department of Homeland Security, rest assured, is what they're saying, is that pregnant detainees receive regular prenatal visits and other medical services.
But if you go to the article in The Guardian, you hear some chilling stories about women not getting the care they need, and then when they do get it, it being severely inadequate.
Meanwhile, the number of pregnant immigrants being detained is rising because the overall number of immigrants who are being detained is rising.
Women in detention have reported bleeding, high-risk pregnancies, difficulty accessing prenatal care, delayed emergency treatment, and inadequate follow-up after miscarriages.
The co-CEO Faisal Al-Jabouri of RAICES an advocacy group, he said this, when you don't track something of that magnitude, then you don't have to be confronted with the reality of what your policies have yielded.
When you don't track something of that magnitude, then you don't have to be confronted with the reality of what your policies have yielded.
What's he saying? It's real easy for ICE, Department of Homeland Security, these detention center administrators to avoid responsibility and accountability when they don't track what's happening.
Okay, so the thing that triggered this episode is an article from The Guardian, The Guardian news outlet.
And it said, I just want to give you the title, ICE lost count of miscarriages while detaining a record number of pregnant women.
ICE lost count of miscarriages while detaining a record number of pregnant women.
You can go there and I put together another carousel that said, in essence, ICE recorded 18 miscarriages among women in its custody from January through September 2025. january through september 18 miscarriages that were recorded um but then i stopped counting we have no new numbers no new data from october 2020 2025 to now ice has lost count of babies lost in the womb because they're not counting it anymore.
Now, the Department of Homeland Security, rest assured, is what they're saying, is that pregnant detainees receive regular prenatal visits and other medical services.
But if you go to the article in The Guardian, you hear some chilling stories about women not getting the care they need, and then when they do get it, it being severely inadequate.
Meanwhile, the number of pregnant immigrants being detained is rising because the overall number of immigrants who are being detained is rising.
Women in detention have reported bleeding, high-risk pregnancies, difficulty accessing prenatal care, delayed emergency treatment, and inadequate follow-up after miscarriages.
The co-CEO Faisal Al-Jabouri of RAICES an advocacy group, he said this, when you don't track something of that magnitude, then you don't have to be confronted with the reality of what your policies have yielded.
When you don't track something of that magnitude, then you don't have to be confronted with the reality of what your policies have yielded.
What's he saying? It's real easy for ICE, Department of Homeland Security, these detention center administrators to avoid responsibility and accountability when they don't track what's happening.
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