The chilling effect of ICE in hospitals

Federal immigration enforcement arrests reached record highs this past summer, and under the second Trump administration, immigration agents can now more easily access so-called sensitive areas, including hospitals. Today on the show: how both patients and healthcare workers are bearing the physical and economic costs of these deportation campaigns.

Featuring Dr. William D. Lopez, author of Raiding the Heartland: an American Story of Deportation and Resistance.

Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.

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