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Jilly_in_VA

(13,018 posts)
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 11:32 AM Yesterday

ICE Barbie's Goons Smeared Grieving Mom as 'Wanted Killer' [View all]

Kristi Noem’s Department of Homeland Security falsely accused a mom who lost her baby while locked up by ICE of being a wanted killer.

The DHS smeared Iris Dayana Monterroso-Lemus after she went public with the harrowing story of how she was forced to spend three days in custody carrying the fetus of her dead son when she miscarried at 20 weeks.

Days later, in early May, she was deported to Guatemala as part of a wave of ICE arrests and deportations ordered by President Trump and overseen by Noem, nicknamed ICE Barbie for her elaborate photo-ops.

Monterroso-Lemus alleged she received no prenatal care and minimal medical attention, despite warning guards she was in severe pain before her miscarriage and subsequent stillbirth.

The mother of six, 38, gave an interview about her experience to the Nashville Banner on May 27. She described having to sleep “starving” on the floor of the notorious cockroach-infested Richwood Correctional Center, in Louisiana. She said she was forced to deliver her stillborn child while a prison guard watched over her.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-barbies-goons-smeared-grieving-mom-as-wanted-killer/

Well, that's a new low, even for them.

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Nothing surprises me anymore. OLDMDDEM Yesterday #1
Sometimes I wish I believed malaise Yesterday #2
I do Jilly_in_VA Yesterday #3
I want them punished they way they are punishing innocent people malaise Yesterday #4
That's what I meant Jilly_in_VA Yesterday #5
"Cruelty is the point." calimary Yesterday #6
Sometimes? llmart Yesterday #8
Pro-life, eh? Wicked Blue Yesterday #7
Yay, life! ECL213 Yesterday #9
This lady is suing LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #10
This Administration from the very top down to the very bottom Buddyzbuddy Yesterday #11
Concentration camps. Right here in the US. Plus concentration camp guards. Hekate Yesterday #12
We need a Nuremburg style trial oberle Yesterday #13
They're skipping past the Nazi part and going full-on Idi Amin. NBachers Yesterday #14
Equally low... GiqueCee Yesterday #15
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