The chilling effect of ICE in hospitals
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The chilling effect of ICE in hospitals

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 8, 20269 min
  • Documentary

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. Your Next Listen How ICE arrests are creating 'economies of fear' Connect with The Indicator from Planet Money The...

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NPR. This is the Indicator from Planet Money. I'm Adrienne Ma. And I'm Weyland Wang. Adrienne, do you watch the show The Pit? You know, the medical drama. It's on HBO Max about an emergency room.

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Do I? I love The Pit. Do you really? I love to be stressed out. It's very compelling. Well, you probably remember then this episode from March where a couple of ICE agents come into the ER with a woman they've detained in a room.

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detained in a raid. And their presence at the hospital spooks the patients and the staff and then the attending physician played by Noah Wiley gets really upset about the disruption. I'm already short stats and I just lost five nurses and half my environmental services team because you walked in. You know patients

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