As Border Patrol Agents Become A Common Feature At Hospitals, Medical Professionals Struggle To Preserve Patients’ Rights

Earlier this year, the agency that oversees Border Patrol said its agents averaged 69 trips to the hospital each day across the country. Although hospitals have typically been treated as "sensitive locations" that are generally free of immigration enforcement, the rule is discretionary and ambiguous when an enforcement action begins before a trip to a hospital or when an immigrant is already in custody.

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