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Posted on 04-20-2006
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Climate of fear causing immigrants to forego health care

A raft of new legislation is driving immigrants to the far fringes of the health care system, leading individuals to delay treatment for serious illnesses and increasingly rely on herbal remedies and unlicensed healers, an investigative report in the New York Times has found. In recent years, lawmakers in at least 20 states have attempted to curtail the access of non-citizens to public services such as health care. Voters in Arizona in 2004 approved a measure requiring state, county and municipal employees to report when an undocumented immigrant seeks health care and other services. Virginia has enacted legislation denying benefits to adults who cannot prove citizenship or legal status. For its part, the U.S. House of Representatives recently approved a measure that would make assisting undocumented immigrants akin to “criminal alien smuggling.” “We’ve seen a real rise in anti-immigration measures across the country,” said Tanya Broder of the National Immigration Law Center, “and it’s engendered confusion and fear that prevent immigrant families from getting the care they need.”

  
 
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