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CBP Issues Guidance on Care in Custody for Pregnant, Postpartum, Nursing Individuals, and Infants
CBP issues updated guidance on care in custody and documentation requirements for pregnant, postpartum, and nursing individuals, and infants. These include ensuring welfare checks, providing diaper changing stations and sleepers for infants, maintaining documentation for all childbirths, and more.
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 21113013.
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