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Hospitals must remain sanctuaries: Why ICE has no place in health-care spaces

Fear of deportation, language barriers, and systemic inequities will delay or prevent critical medical care, leading to devastating consequences.

A 5-year-old child receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Conn., in 2021. Fear of deportation has already kept many patients from in-person visits at health clinics, write the authors.
A 5-year-old child receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Conn., in 2021. Fear of deportation has already kept many patients from in-person visits at health clinics, write the authors.Read moreJoseph Prezioso / MCT
    by Elizabeth Whidden and D. Daphne Owen, For The Inquirer
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