{"id":1124,"date":"2025-03-13T18:21:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T18:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncfla.org\/?post_type=whats-new&#038;p=1124"},"modified":"2025-11-11T23:18:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T23:18:41","slug":"healthcareandimmigration","status":"publish","type":"whats-new","link":"https:\/\/ncfla.org\/es\/whats-new\/healthcareandimmigration\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Care and U.S. Immigration Enforcement: What Providers Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Health Care and U.S. Immigration Enforcement: What Providers Need to Know<br \/>\nPublication Date:<\/strong> March 2025<\/p>\n<p>This guide, produced by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) with contributions from Dr. Altaf Saadi and other experts, helps U.S. health care providers uphold patient rights amid heightened immigration enforcement. Following the 2025 rescission of \u201cprotected areas\u201d policies, hospitals and clinics are no longer shielded from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or Customs and Border Protection (CBP) actions, increasing fears that deter immigrants from seeking care. The guide outlines key legal protections\u2014HIPAA privacy, EMTALA emergency access, and constitutional safeguards\u2014and emphasizes institutional preparedness, staff training, and patient reassurance. It provides practical guidance on responding to enforcement encounters, verifying warrants, and maintaining confidentiality. PHR and NILC urge providers to reaffirm care for all patients regardless of status and to implement strong privacy and access policies supported by \u201cKnow Your Rights\u201d resources.<\/p>\n<p>To access the guide click <a href=\"https:\/\/phr.org\/our-work\/resources\/health-care-and-u-s-immigration-enforcement-what-providers-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"policy_whats_new_category":[64],"class_list":["post-1124","whats-new","type-whats-new","status-publish","hentry","policy_whats_new_category-healthcare"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncfla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whats-new\/1124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncfla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whats-new"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncfla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/whats-new"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncfla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whats-new\/1124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1340,"href":"https:\/\/ncfla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whats-new\/1124\/revisions\/1340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncfla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"policy_whats_new_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncfla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/policy_whats_new_category?post=1124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}