US EditionAs Trump’s Raids Ramp up, a Texas Region’s Residents Stay Inside — Even when They Need Medical Care
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS, JUL 21 – Fear of immigration raids is causing many immigrants in the Rio Grande Valley to avoid medical care, risking worsening health conditions in a medically needy community.
- As President Donald Trump intensifies deportation activity around the country, federal agents' raids reached deeper into the Rio Grande Valley in June, driving residents indoors.
- Despite frequent cross-border trips, locals didn't anticipate ICE would target their neighbors, and multiple studies concluded immigrants were less likely to seek medical care during President Donald Trump's first term.
- 82-Year-Old Maria Isabel de Perez said her son waited weeks to seek help, risking his life, because he was too scared to go to the hospital amid rumors of immigration enforcement outside.
- Last month, clinic visits declined, and Juanita, a prediabetic mother, skipped her prescriptions out of fear, says Elizabeth Reta.
- Worsening health outcomes loom as residents avoid clinics, Dr. Stanley Fisch said, now many in this region face worsening health outcomes as they skip doctor appointments.
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A family came to Chicago seeking asylum. He was deported. Now she wants to leave.
A young mom named Maria has been spending the long summer days waiting, looking out the window of her apartment on the South Side. The asylum seeker from Venezuela scrolls through her phone constantly, checking for the flight the government said it would put her on to return home. She’s scheduled to fly at the end of July.Maria enrolled in President Donald Trump's new, voluntary self-deportation program. Trump is promising travel assistance and …
The raids of federal agents began to deepen the daily life of Rio Grande Valley in June, just as the 1.4 million inhabitants of the area began their summer ritual of enduring the suffocating heat.
Fear Of US Federal Agents Force Texas Immigrants To Stay Indoors Even During Medical Crisis
The 41-year-old mother, who crossed into the United States from Mexico more than two decades ago and married an American carpenter, fears federal agents may be on the hunt for her.
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As Trump’s raids ramp up, a Texas region’s residents stay inside — even when they need medical care
WESLACO, Texas — These days, Juanita says a prayer every time she steps off the driveway of her modest rural home. The 41-year-old mother, who crossed into the United States from Mexico more than two decades ago and married an American carpenter, fears federal agents may be on the hunt for her. As she was about to leave for the pharmacy late last month, her husband called with a frantic warning: Immigration enforcement officers were swarming the…
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