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Module 11 Discussion 1

Module 11 Discussion 1

Q A group of migrant women are claiming doctors performed unnecessary medical procedures at ICE detention center. There have also been thousands of people who have reported sexual abuse while in immigration custody. With your classmates discuss some of the factors that may lead to this power imbalance.

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There are so many things that can lead to power imbalance regarding immigrants being sexually abused in the detention centers. Many migrant women are claiming that doctors performed unnecessary medical procedures at ICE detention centers. In general there have been not only women that have reported being sexually abused in these detention center but children have also stated that they have been sexually abused by the ICE agents at detention centers. ICE agents just working at the detention centers feel like they can sexually abuse migrants because they may see them as people who won’t be missed by other people because they are in a detention center.