Seizures, chest pain and long holds at a Phoenix ICE facility flying under the radar

By: Jerod MacDonald-Evoy

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: September 2, 2026

Words: 2,911

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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In midtown Phoenix, an ICE officer called 911 in mid-December 2025 as a pregnant woman who was being detained by immigration agents was having medical issues at a facility that has largely gone under the radar.

“We have a pregnant detainee complaining of severe abdominal pain,” the unidentified ICE agent says in a 911 recording exclusively obtained by the Arizona Mirror, adding that the 27-year-old woman had “white mucus” coming out of …

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