US gives pay-out to immigration detainee
Published:Tuesday | December 22, 2009 | 1:23 PM
US immigration officials have paid more than US$47,000 to a detained Haitian woman who was denied treatment for uterine fibroids.
The woman, identified only as Rosemarie M, had suffered from daily bleeding and pain for months before immigration detained her in Florida in April.
Tania Galloni, an attorney at the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Centre, said medical records provided to the department showed that she needed surgery, but detention medical staff trivialized her complaints.
The woman underwent surgery on December 1.
She was released from custody 11 days later, after reaching a settlement with the department.