r/WhereAreTheChildren • u/TheWayToBeauty • 26d ago

News TEXAS TERROR: governor threatens to pull children’s hospital funding over "show us your papers" citizenship question

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/greg-abbott-texas-immigration-hospital-citizenship-question-b2655554.html
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u/PinkyLizardBrains 26d ago

Interesting. My sister’s an ER nurse at TCH. I’ll have to ask what they’re actually requiring.

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u/TheWayToBeauty 26d ago

"According to several advocacy groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, while hospitals are required to ask patients about their citizenship or immigration status, they cannot force anyone to answer the question. Patients can either answer the question or tell the hospital that they don't wish to respond." -Texas Tribune (https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/21/texas-hospitals-immigration-questions/#:~:text=According%20to%20several%20advocacy%20groups,don't%20wish%20to%20respond.)

It's designed to do two things: 1) scare people away from getting medical care 2) collect data on people who do receive medical care. And then whatever they decide to do with the information after that

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u/jeremiahthedamned MAPnegative 26d ago

r/itshappeninghere

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u/TheWayToBeauty 26d ago

👏👏👏

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u/jeremiahthedamned MAPnegative 25d ago

thanks

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u/TheWayToBeauty 25d ago

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u/jeremiahthedamned MAPnegative 24d ago

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