Mexico Decries ICE Facility Conditions, Vows Action After 14th National Dies
Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said the country will file a brief in support of a federal lawsuit over detention conditions at U.S. ICE centers and raise the matter with the Organization of American States, which promotes human rights. Plus, California alleges the government is still sharing private health data with immigration officials despite a court order to stop.
The New York Times:
Mexico Pressures U.S. Over Deaths Of Its Citizens In ICE Custody
The government of Mexico on Monday condemned the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and voiced concerns about the deaths of its citizens in immigration detention facilities in the United States. Top Mexican officials on Monday, including President Claudia Sheinbaum and diplomats in Los Angeles, vowed to take legal steps to pressure the Trump administration over conditions in detention facilities, including what lawyers and detainees have described as poor drinking water and inadequate medical care. (Arango, Ulloa and McCann, 3/30)
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WUSF:
Terminating Protections For Haitians Could Deal A Blow To Elder Care In Florida
Florida has the largest population of Haitian TPS holders. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision on whether they can continue to live and work in the U.S. will impact the state's caretaking industry. (Guan, 3/31)
Harvest Public Media:
Immigrants Lose Access To Food Aid, As Federal Rule Change Takes Effect
Recent changes to federal food aid mean some immigrants have been cut off from grocery assistance payments. Refugees, asylum seekers and human trafficking survivors without a green card are among the noncitizen groups who are no longer eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, under President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” (Pope, 3/30)
San Francisco Chronicle:
Private Health Data Still Being Given To ICE, California Says
The Trump administration has defied a federal judge’s order by sharing private information, including street addresses, of millions of low-income Americans with immigration officers who are conducting mass deportations, California and other states say in a court filing. The Trump administration doesn’t appear to be denying it. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria of San Francisco issued an injunction last August ordering the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to stop providing data about recipients of Medicaid to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. (Egelko, 3/30)
The Texas Tribune:
Undocumented Immigrants In Texas Are Delaying Medical Care
After missing her chair and falling on the tile floor during a child’s birthday party last October, the 54-year-old Edinburg woman begged: “Don’t take me to the hospital.” Her head was throbbing and sharp pain stretched down her back. The woman, an undocumented immigrant, told herself she’d have to brave through it. Immigration enforcement officials have detained two of her distant family members and deported another to Mexico, and she feared that going to a hospital would make her an easy next target. (Deguzman, Simpson and Langford, 3/30)
KFF Health News:
Trump’s Hunt For Undocumented Medicaid Enrollees Yields Few Violators
Last August, as part of the federal government’s crackdown on people in the country illegally, the Trump administration sent states the names of hundreds of thousands of Medicaid enrollees with orders to determine whether they were ineligible based on immigration status. But seven months later, findings from five states shared with KFF Health News show that the reviews have uncovered little evidence of a widespread problem. (Galewitz, 3/31)
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NPR:
If The Supreme Court Ends Birthright Citizenship, What Will It Mean For Newborns?
Bruce Lesley is incensed at one dimension of the debate about birthright citizenship that he says is being completely overlooked. "It's in the words: 'birth' right citizenship — this is about babies." Lesley is the president of First Focus on Children, a bipartisan advocacy group for children and families, which submitted an amicus brief for the case Trump v. Barbara to be argued Wednesday, April 1 before the Supreme Court. (Simmons-Duffin, 3/31)
