In July 2025, the federal government began detaining pregnant unaccompanied migrant children at the Urban Strategies shelter in San Benito. By the time U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro visited the facility in April, the health department was placing pregnant girls at a different shelter nearby. Patricia Lim/KUT News hide caption

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The Trump administration is still detaining pregnant migrant youth in a region of Texas where a lack of specialized obstetric care can be life threatening for them, an investigation by The Texas Newsroom and The California Newsroom has found.…