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msnbc completed with paula ramos. you, for obvious reasons, this is difficult to watch. >> [ speaking in a global language ] >> [ speaking in a global language ] >> [ speaking in a global language ] >> [ speaking in a global language ] >> [ speaking in a global language ] >> [ speaking in a global language ] >> [ speaking in a global language ] [ speaking in a global language ] [ speaking in a global language ] [ speaking in a global language ] >> paolo ramos joins us now. that is just a gut-punch to hear that. you kind of know that it is happening, but when you hear people talk about it, it is more painful. >> that is the thing. right? we have been talking about the border for so many years at this point. we have been talking about policies, but we forget about what we're talking about. >> the way this conversation in the country has been, it is about masses, about numbers, it is about policy, but then you hear it and see that it is real people. >> it is real people. yeah, what she told me, her name is maria, she tol

joining me now, paula ramos, msnbc contributor and host of msnbc field report.ringing back stories that are not being told and need to be told as we have this raging debate about immigration and don't talk about the people involved. what did you see on the border in terms of sexual violence? the story we played earlier was harry doing. i wonder if you can talk broadly about the picture you saw when you were there. >> when you think about the women we just saw, i think of this image. these are women, on the mexican side of the border, they are faced with this incredibly vicious sexual violence. when they look the other way, when they look at the american side of the border, they are faced with post row, the problem with that is you are seeing this growing group of migrant women that are stepping into post-roe america with unwanted pregnancies. and the reason why, that's what we find in our reporting, is because there is this alarming spike of sexual violence against migrant women, something that doctors without borders told us, lawyers are telling us that, activi

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in her new report, contributor and emmy award-winning journalist, paula ramos speaks to sexual assaultne of the most vulnerable populations in post-roe america. >> we are about to talk to a young asylum-seekers who was sexually assaulted in a mexican border town and found out she was pregnant as soon as she stepped into texas. the only reason she agreed to talk to us was because we will not be disclosing her identity or where we are right now. when valentina left el salvador for the united states, many of her friends cautioned her against it. they knew about the harrowing experiences of women heading north. [ speaking in a global language ] at one point after entering texas did you find out you were pregnant? >> [ speaking in a global language ] valentina found herself in texas, pregnant, alone and planning and abortion. were you aware of the strict abortion laws that are enforced in texas? : were you looking for clinical help? what did you want? >> [ speaking in a global language ] >> the pills she's referring to are a combination of mifepristone and, more than 60% of all abortions pe

this is a special report from our msnbc contributor paula ramos.story are difficult and disturbing to hear. >> we just crossed from brownsville texas. you know, we are in one of the most dangerous places in mexico, more than anything because of the cartel violence taking place here. every single person we've talked to on the ground telling us that the rate of sexual violence against migrants is escalating, it's increasing, it's getting worse by the day. we are on our way to a refugee shelter to understand the impact it's having on the migrants crossing from these border towns and the united states. maria, her husband, and their two children say they had to leave guatemala last year after receiving death threats from the same gang that had already killed nearly half of her family. they traveled north, hoping to be near the u.s. border as they waited for their official immigration appointments, a crucial part of seeking asylum. they had no idea the worst part of their journey with take place just feet away from texas. many of the migrants in the shel

. >> joining us now, msnbc contributor paula ramos. why they're searching out the abortion pill. remind us again why it is so jarring for them to cross the border to find that it's not readily available here or can be harder to find here. >> i mean probably every single person that i talked to had absolutely no idea what awaited for them on the u.s. side of the border, right? and very quickly, katy, they realized this perception they have of the united states and the so-called american dream, that perception is then so quickly shattered the moment that they understood that they couldn't even get their hands into abortion pills in texas. and so i think that was also very jarring for me as a journalist. the difference between perception and reality. >> i was also struck by the willingness of the woman that you profile in this to talk to you and be so blunt about what she experienced. who else did you encounter, or did you encounter anyone else that had such awful stories to tell? >> the majority of the people that we talked to. i'd say t