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This page is part of a resource collection: Tracking ICE During the Second Trump Administration.

See also this separate resource, on ICE scaring pregnant women away from receiving medical care.

News: 2026

January 9.   George Chidi: Federal officers blocked medics from scene of ICE shooting.

January 21.   Dell Cameron: Surveillance and ICE Are Driving Patients Away From Medical Care.

February 2.   Melody Schreiber: Public health crisis unfolding in Minneapolis as residents avoid healthcare.

February 5.   Alex Olgin: Medical staff say immigration enforcement near medical facilities affects care.

February 11.   Jasmine Garsd: Minneapolis doctors warn of lasting medical effects, even after ICE agents leave.

February 19.   Lauren Mascarenhas: Trump’s immigration crackdown is brewing a health care crisis in the US, doctors warn.

News: 2025

February 10.   Kristen Schorsch: Fearful amid ICE crackdowns, some immigrants are skipping health care.

June 24.   Shreyas Teegala: Fearing Ice raids, some LA residents skip doctor’s visits: ‘Everybody’s life is on pause.’

July 17.   Jessica Glenza: Ice given access to Medicaid data in move critics call a privacy betrayal: Officials let Ice access health data to locate migrants, alarming experts who warn of civil rights and health risks.

September 16.   Coral Murphy Marcos: California nurses decry Ice presence at hospitals: ‘Interfering with patient care.’

October 12.   Andrew Schwartz: Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver.

November 19.   Physicians for Human Rights: ICE Tactics and Deportation Fears Limit Access to Health Care for Children of Immigrants: Survey of 691 health care workers across 30 states highlights preventable health harms affecting both immigrant and U.S. citizen children.

December 29.   Lynda Lin Grigsby: Many Filipino healthcare workers in the US live in fear of ICE: ‘This is my place of work. I should feel safe.’