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Board adopts resolution urging health providers to protect immigrants seeking care, citing drop in appointments
Summary
The supervisors unanimously passed a resolution calling on hospitals and clinics to uphold patients' dignity and publicize sensitive-location protocols after reports of federal immigration enforcement caused patients and staff to avoid care.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution reaffirming the right of all residents to seek medical care without fear of harassment, arrest or deportation.
Supervisor Hilda Solis authored the resolution, coauthored by Supervisor Lindsay Horvath. Solis cited reports that federal agents have conducted enforcement near hospitals and clinics and that the rescission of the previous federal “sensitive locations” policy has spooked…
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