Anti-immigrant policies put people at risk during Harvey. And that ’s just the beginning.

As Harvey’s devastation raged through Houston recently, the city’s mayor was compelled to address rumors that those seeking aid could be deported. In the wake of a statewide ban on “sanctuary cities,” the mayor sought to reassure the Houston area’s more than 500,000 undocumented immigrants that they would not be targeted for deportation at emergency shelters. Nevertheless, out of the disaster have come stories of immigrants afraid to seek shelter, and of undocumented mothers sitting at home with their American-born children, weighing the threat of rising floodwaters against a newly “unleashed” immigration enforcement effort. Continue reading ... Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Policy Critical Care Emergency Medicine Hospital-Based Medicine Public Health & Source Type: blogs