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'Breastfeeding' woman who claims ICE separated from child charged with identity fraud

A migrant woman is facing felony charges after a medical examination disputed her claim that she was separated from her child while breastfeeding.

Maria Domingo-Garcia was indicted in federal court Tuesday and charged with knowingly using another individual’s social security number, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported.

Domingo-Garcia claimed that after being arrested on Aug. 7 during a massive immigration sweep in Mississippi, she was unable to breastfeed her baby because of her detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

In a CNN report published Monday, one of Domingo-Garcia’s lawyers, Juliana Manzanarez, said her client was in pain.

“She is still really depressed. She is in a lot of pain because of not being able to pump or breastfeed,” Manzanarez said.

ICE said they conducted a medical exam after the claims got national attention and found that she was not lactating, an indication that she was likely not breastfeeding her child when arrested days earlier.

“All ICE detainees receive medical, dental and mental health intake screening within 12 hours of arriving at each detention facility; that screening includes a woman being asked if she is breast feeding. During her initial medical screening, Ms. Domingo-Garcia answered no to that question,” ICE said in a statement.

“Pursuant to subsequent media reports that falsely alleged Ms. Domingo-Garcia was being detained despite being a nursing mother, an ICE Health Services Corps nurse practitioner conducted an additional medical examination of Ms. Domingo-Garcia, which verified she is not lactating,” the statement added.

Domingo-Garcia will be placed in the custody of U.S. Marshals while awaiting a federal trial.