So what were they talking about the entire 9 months she was pregnant? They had no contingency planning?

Probably not - she had a parole document from ICE, was engaged in regular check-ins with ICE for years, and almost certainly had no expectation whatsoever that the government would do something like this.

This is where we get to Miller's argument, but I'm going to say this - there are methodologies for requesting amnesty. Did she do any of those? She missed her deportation hearing and that's a big no-no in the process.

That comment wasn't about requesting amnesty - it was about requesting a limited humanitarian parole to have sufficient time to make arrangements for her daughter. And no, she wasn't given the opportunity to ask for that specific thing. She wasn't given any time. She already had the temporary status that allowed her to remain in the country outside of detention. That's why she was checking in at the ICE office in the first place. It's a condition of that status that she have to report to the ICE office every so often for that check in.

The Administration decided to abruptly change that status - as abruptly as possible. There was no need, and no justification, for not allowing her the opportunity to ask for a brief parole so she would have enough time to arrange for her daughter.