Advocates ask CT to include immigrants in solutions to federal cuts

Advocates ask CT to include immigrants in solutions to federal cuts

Third-year resident physician Teresa Elmore at Yale New Haven Health remembers meeting a mother who came into her clinic crying with her newborn, worried about financial struggles. According to Elmore, the mother had limited access to resources due to her immigration status. “It got to the point where one of my attendings had said, ‘Well, maybe you should suggest that she could just enter a church and just ask for help that way,’” Elmore said. “…