Medical Care or Deportation: Examining Interior Border Checkpoints and Access to Higher-Level Medical Care for Undocumented Immigrants in South Texas.

• Tác giả: Christine Crudo Blackburn, Jessica Hernandez, Miryoung Lee, Mayra Rico
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Thông tin xuất bản: United States : American journal of public health , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 641959

Tóm tắt

We examined the impacts of interior border checkpoints on access to higher-level medical care via ground ambulance for undocumented immigrants in South Texas. Using purposive sampling, we conducted interviews (n = 30) with ground ambulance personnel in the lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Procedures implemented in 2018 mandate that hospitals notify Border Patrol of a patient's legal status before transfer. Undocumented immigrants cannot access higher-level medical care through ground ambulance transport without notifying Border Patrol. (