Many are forgoing their health care to preserve their safety.
For an undocumented immigrant or families with mixed immigration statuses, sharing personal information, going anywhere that requires crossing border patrol checkpoints, and even stepping into health care facilities can fill them with fear of harassment, discrimination, raids, detention, and deportation. This lack of access to care puts lives at risk. For example, a key factor in reducing the cancer mortality rate is early and regular medical screening. According to the CDC, undocumented Mexican migrant women are about half as likely to have received a Pap test in the previous year compared to their documented counterparts.
Beyond that, there are many reports of inhumane treatment and human rights violations at detention facilities. There have been reports of people being denied health care services like abortion services, prenatal care, care following a miscarriage — as well as lifesaving diabetes and pneumonia treatment.
The trauma of witnessing or experiencing discrimination, detention, and deportation can have long lasting impacts on physical and mental health. Immigrant rights are a reproductive justice issue. Join us in supporting those who lead this movement to affirm every person's right to health care and to raise a family without fear of deportation and violence, and to help fight for protections like the Dream Act.
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