California advises healthcare providers to avoid documenting patients' immigration status and prohibits cooperation with federal agents, contrasting sharply with Florida and Texas where facilities are mandated to inquire about immigration status. This reflects a wider national debate over care for immigrants, particularly as Trump reinstates aggressive immigration policies, increasing fear among communities. Despite these tensions, hospitals maintain that treatment will not be denied based on immigration status, emphasizing the need for patients to seek care without fear of deportation.
During Trump's first term, immigration agents arrested people receiving emergency care in hospitals and a child during an ambulance transfer.
We don't want people to avoid care and worsen because they are concerned about immigration questions.
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