When healthcare institutions become targets for immigration enforcement, we cannot fulfill our ethical duty to care for all without exception.
We are a group of health, legal professionals, and community members in Massachusetts.
We’ve been meeting since February 2017 when many of us noticed that immigrant patients were missing medical appointments, worrying about loved ones with deportation orders, or fearing what may happen to their children if they are deported. We heard stories about domestic violence survivors whose aggressors threaten to have them deported if they call the police. We have seen the ways immigration affects our patients’ mental and physical health, and we know that everyone should have access to medical care, regardless of immigration status.
To take action on these concerns and many more, we formed the Health & Law Immigrant Solidarity Network (HLISN). We have more than 600 members.
