Arizona governor pauses deportation for Guatemalan who gave birth days ago

<p>‘Erika’, 24, gained public attention after lawyer said federal agents denied him access to her in a Tucson hospital</p><p>A Guatemalan immigrant who crossed the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-mexico-border">US border</a> eight months pregnant and gave birth in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/arizona">Arizona</a> has avoided fast-track deportation after intervention by the state’s governor, her lawyer and a federal official said on Saturday.</p><p>The 24-year-old woman gained public attention after lawyer Luis Campos said federal agents had denied him access to her in a Tucson hospital after she gave birth on Wednesday and told him she was set for rapid removal after entering the country illegally.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/03/guatemalan-arizona-deportation">Continue reading...</a>