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Call 911 or Risk Losing the Baby? Raids Force some Immigrants to Avoid Care
Federal raids have caused a 40% drop in medication pickups and widespread delays in emergency and prenatal care among immigrant families, health advocates say.
- On Dec. 3, the Department of Homeland Security launched Operation Catahoula Crunch in Louisiana and Mississippi, and DHS said it had arrested more than 250 people as of Dec. 11 while health professionals reported many immigrant patients skipping appointments.
- Fearing detention, many immigrants are skipping appointments as Maria, Biloxi resident, said she and their U.S. citizen children missed care amid traffic stops and hospital lobbies, while her husband was detained earlier this year.
- Clinics affected by Chicago sweeps reported that 30% of patients missed appointments, and pharmacies saw a 40% drop in medication pickups, with nonprofits receiving 800 calls for food.
- Some parents avoided calling 911 or riding in ambulances out of fear of arrest, nearly risking a newborn's life when emergency care was refused, and Rosales-Fajardo performed CPR after a premature home birth.
- Community groups are stepping in to deliver food, hygiene products, and drive families to appointments and NICUs, while the federal operation could last more than two months and worsen Louisiana’s maternal health crisis.
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Call 911 or risk losing the baby? Raids force some immigrants to avoid care
By Halle Parker, Verite News, KFF Health News As immigrants in southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi braced for this month’s U.S. Homeland Security operation, Cristiane Rosales-Fajardo received a panicked phone call from a friend. The friend’s Guatemalan tenant, who didn’t know she was pregnant, had just delivered a premature baby in the New Orleans house. The parents lacked legal residency, and the mother refused to go to a hospital for fear o…
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As ICE raids inspire fear in immigrant communities, some people in Mississippi are skipping health care
Julia Chavez picked up when her phone rings in the middle of the night. This scenario has played out several times, but during this late-night phone call, the person on the other end urgently asked her to translate.
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