Pregnant woman dies in immigration custody

by urbano411 | August 10, 2007 at 05:37 am
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Rosa Isela Contreras-Dominguez, a legal permanent resident facing deportation for a felony drug conviction, was seven weeks pregnant when she lost consciousness at a federal detention center in El Paso on Tuesday night and died at a local hospital.

The 35-year-old mother of five from Juarez, Mexico, was the second death in immigration custody reported this week.

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