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More than a dozen pregnant women detained in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody endured “medical neglect” while in detention, their attorneys say.

Advocacy groups and attorneys wrote a letter to ICE and Senate committees Wednesday urging the agency to release all pregnant women in custody.

The women, detained in facilities in Georgia and Louisiana, reported “gravely troubling experiences of shackling, use of restraints, and solitary confinement; delayed and substandard prenatal care; denial of prenatal vitamins; inadequate food and water; medical care provided without informed consent; lack of interpretation and translation in medical encounters; and medical neglect leading to dangerous infection after miscarriage,” the letter said.

These women have been placed in custody despite federal regulations stating “women who have been medically certified as pregnant” should be released on parole, the lawyers say.

President Donald Trump will host a roundtable Thursday on his administration’s operations to curb cartel and human trafficking, according to Fox News Digital.

“The President’s Homeland Security Task Forces are a landmark achievement that highlight what the federal government can achieve with a leader like President Trump who is willing to slash red tape, increase coordination and put the safety of the American people first,” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told the outlet.

“In a short period of time, the Trump Administration has removed lethal drugs, illegal weapons, dangerous foreign terrorists and cartel members from American communities,” she added. “The American people are safer today because of the HSTFs — and they’re just getting started.”

The roundtable will be joined by Deputy Chief of Staff and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, FBI Director Kash Patel and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

Several states warned that residents who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program may not receive benefits come November due to the shutdown.

Texas, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, California, and other states have posted notices on their official websites about how they won’t be able to pay for SNAP benefits next month if the government shutdown continues much longer.

For example, the Texas Health and Human Services website reads: “SNAP benefits for November won’t be issued if the federal government shutdown continues past Oct. 27.”

In California, Governor Gavin Newsom announced he deployed the state’s National Guard to assist food banks.

Nearly 42 million people across the country use SNAP benefits, according to the USDA.

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi lambasted the Trump administration’s reported plan to send dozens of federal immigration agents to California as part of the president’s immigration crackdown.

“A mass deployment of federal agents in the Bay Area is an appalling abuse of law enforcement power,” she wrote on X.

“The people of San Francisco stand with our patriotic immigrants who are the constant reinvigoration of America. We will not be intimidated by politically motivated fear tactics.”

In an interview with Time, President Donald Trump said he planned to visit Gaza.

“I will. Yeah, I will,” the president said.

“You know, we have the Board of Peace, and it’s set up. They asked me to be the chairman. It was not something I wanted to do, believe me, but the Board of Peace is going to be a very powerful group of people, and it’s going to have a lot of power in terms of the Middle East,” he said.

The Wall Street Journal cites a senior White House official as saying that the president and his team think the 34-year-old is on course to beat independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa in November 4’s election, given his commanding lead in the latest polling.

The president is reportedly not sold on the idea of Sliwa dropping out, believing it would not help Cuomo advance his case, despite his own son Eric Trump joining businessmen like Bill Ackman and John Catsimatidis in calling on the GOP man to stand aside.

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More than 100 federal immigration agents are heading to the Bay Area and could arrive as soon as Thursday, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Wednesday.

Coast Guard Base Alameda is preparing to support Customs and Border Protection agents, the Coast Guard told KCRA.

“This support of DHS agencies continues the Coast Guard’s operations to control, secure, and defend U.S. borders and maritime approaches,” the statement read.

“Through a whole of government approach, we are leveraging our unique authorities and capabilities to detect, deter, and interdict illegal aliens, narco-terrorists, and individuals intent on terrorism or other hostile activity before they reach our border.”

President Donald Trump told Fox Business in an interview Sunday that San Francisco was his “next” target for federal troops.

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie signed an executive directive this week to ensure local government protects locals’ rights to protest peacefully, he said, emphasizing local police will not enforce federal law enforcement operations.

“Sending the military to San Francisco will not help our city or our country,” Lurie said in a social media video.

President Donald Trump is planning on sending federal troops to the Bay Area, according to reports, a move that California Governor Gavin Newsom called “right out of a dictator’s handbook.”

Trump will send in the National Guard after he “creates conditions for anxiety,” so he first stokes fear in the community by sending in federal immigration agents, the California Democrat said in a video Wednesday.

“This is no different than the arsonists putting out the fire,” Newsom said.

Over the weekend, Trump said San Francisco was the “next” place he planned to send federal troops.

He previously threatened to sue if “Donald Trump invades our state again,” he wrote in a social media post Tuesday.

“Deploying troops into our cities with no justification grounded in reality, no oversight, no accountability, and no respect for state sovereignty is a direct assault on the rule of law,” he said.

Attorney General Rob Bonta also “no basis” to send the National Guard to San Francisco.

“San Francisco may be the President’s latest target, but California is no stranger to the President’s political games and unconstitutional tactics. We’re ready to go to court immediately if the President follows through on this latest illegal plan,” he said in a statement.