Association of Health Care Journalists

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Much of the news coverage on the ongoing immigration crisis at the Mexico-United States border has been framed in terms of politics, economics and security. However, a less visible but equally critical dimension also demands attention: the profound public health challenges impacting migrants and border communities.

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KFF Health News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

” California’s bill grants local public health officers, who routinely inspect county jails and state prisons, the ability to inspect private detention facilities, including all six federal immigration centers in California. Immigrant advocates say the federal government has done a poor job ensuring health and safety.

Public Health Law and Regulation 96

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HEALTHBEAT

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

“This case involves the latest in a string of attempts by the state of California to ban federal immigration enforcement in the state, or so significantly burden such efforts as to drive federal agencies and contractors involved in that constitutionally mandated national security function from California,” according to the lawsuit filed in the U.S

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