Unjust Perceptions of Women in Reproduction

             We live in a world full of false accusations and understandings about the "aliens" that inhabit the U.S. The term alien has become so apart of our society thanks so media's depiction of who these people are. The terms "illegal" and "alien" take over stereotypes of entire nations and we rarely find the proper terms to address them by as, "undocumented." Both readings spend time discussing how negative portrayal on there stereotypes and groups have affected everything in this desired life of theirs, specifically, child birth. In more ways than one, reproduction is the single most important way of increasing the growth of population only for the better of humanity, but of course for outsiders of this nation that is not seen in any of the same positive light as say the "white-privileged." 
             In the first reading, Undocumented Woman Forced to Give Birth While Shackle and In Police Custody, we are given insight into the deep inhumane workings of police brutalities to alien women who happen to be pregnant. It shows the absurd actions of law enforcement during child birth of undocumented women who are being forced out. Only a mere 14 states have bans on this cruel shackling process that can be done to women who are in labor. On top of being physically restrained by handcuffs the women are denied the rights to having family members in the room during delivery. In one specific case, Alma Chacon who was detained for a non-violent criminal case was shackled to her bed and supposedly not able to hold her baby for up to 70 days later after she was released from immigration custody. I can't  even fathom the idea of being unable to nurse or hold your own child for that long, its unjust and unbelievable. The women themselves have been stripped of all their human rights and really are taking on the role of "alien" seriously because that's truly what they've become when they can't even hold their own child after carrying them for 9 months. In another narrative about a girl Maria she expresses, "Oh they don't respect human rights, talking about cops in other parts of the world, but where are we now? if something as important and sacred as someone giving birth can no longer be treated as humans, where are we?"(Constantini). This in itself is scary to think that our police as a whole finds peace at letting unbelievable acts like shackling happen to these real humans, not just aliens of this country. 
          In Biopower, Reproduction, and the Migrant Woman's Body, the reading takes on the role of explaining why there was just in these actions such as shackling of undocumented immigrants. It focuses on the country's need to move these people out, saying there are too many and they don't stop coming. In a summary of their reasons for allowed brutality, "It is thus the space between life and death that it is possible to locate the present-day rejection of the migrant" (Inda 108). This implies that since no one is actually being killed and the newborns are birthed by their mother there is little harm. They have worked to manipulate the idea that there is reasonable understanding of the "space" between birthing and death. As long as no one is dying and the child is born and healthy who cares what means it took to get them there right? A very mixed-up, unfair view for justification of brutality by immigration if you ask me. 
         In conclusion, both articles highlight the police and immigration officers unreal perception of what they're doing to these real, undocumented PEOPLE. Not aliens, they're more than aliens to everyone back in their foreign lands. And they are for sure more than an alien to that baby that was just forced out of them and taken away from them. There is no reason for this to be allowed in up to 36 states in our nation despite Inda's arguments.