El Salvadoran Undocumented Immigrant Gives Birth at Eagle Pass, Texas Hospital 

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017

A 34 year old female El Salvadoran undocumented immigrant gave birth to a baby at the Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 in Eagle Pass, Texas after crossing the International Bridge from Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico.

The undocumented immigrant was residing in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico with her husband, also an El Salvadoran undocumented immigrant, for almost two months.  She sought to give birth of her child at a Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico hospital but was not allowed to do so because she lacked Mexican Social Security health insurance.  

With her labor pains commencing, the undocumented immigrant had no choice but to walk across the Eagle Pass International Bridge and seek help in delivering her baby in the United States.  Upon arriving to the U.S. Customs and Broder Protection inspection at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry, the female undocumented immigrant requested to use the restroom. 

The CBP Officer noticed something was strange and decided to have a female CBP Officer check on the female inside the restroom, discovering that the undocumented immigrant was beginning labor and called the Eagle Pass Fire Department EMS for an ambulance.  The lady was transported to the Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center, where she gave birth to her child in the emergency room.

The child born to the female undocumented immigrant is now a United States citizen as a result of being born in Eagle Pass, Texas.  The mother and child are doing well and will be allowed to remain in the United States until her immigration claim for political asylum is processed and determined.