Doctors must defy ICE to fulfill their duty to heal


February 26, 2025

Hospitals are meant to be sanctuaries of healing, yet immigration enforcement policies are turning them into sites of surveillance, fear and exclusion.

Health care workers today face a stark mandate: comply with federal policies that permit Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to operate within medical settings, or resist participation in a system that undermines patient trust and public health. 

Y. Tony Yang is a professor of health policy at the George Washington University’s School of Nursing and Milken Institute School of Public Health.

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