Doula Heidi Snyderburn-Campbell drove around the Charlotte apartment complex cautiously, looking for any signs of Border Patrol presence last Friday.
She was there to pick up a Brazilian woman named Rose for a doctor’s appointment. Rose, who is 15 weeks pregnant and undocumented, initially wanted to skip the appointment due to fear of immigration enforcement actions taking place across the city.
When Snyderburn-Campbell found that out, she offered to escort Rose, who also brought her 8-year-old niece to help translate.
As they arrived at the doctor’s parking lot, Snyderburn-Campbell pulled her car right up to the entrance to shorten the walk. Rose, worried about encountering Customs and Border Protection agents, had been crying in the car on the way there. She knows a lot of other women who are skipping appointments due to the arrests and detainments…