State Sen. Victor Torres represents predominantly Hispanic Osceola County in central Florida. At Sunday Mass at his local church, immigrants often tell him they are scared to seek health care.

Texas hospitals must ask patients starting Friday whether ... t specify how hospital staff will ask patients about their immigration status, but the governor emphasized that people who are asked ...

Advocacy groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), emphasize that while hospitals must ask the question ..

On Nov. 1, Texas hospitals that accept Medicaid ... Hospital staff can ask about their citizenship or immigration status at any point during the intake process but asking the question cannot ...

Medical Center Hospital System A spokesperson with Midland Health said, "An Executive Order issued by the Governor of Texas requires us to ask, 'Are you a US Citizen or lawfully present in the US.' ...

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday ordered hospitals in the Lone Star State to ask patients about their immigration status in order to ascertain the costs of providing medical care to ...

McALLEN, Texas (AP ... of “illegal aliens” coming to a hospital, saying it’s “more associated with rural county status than illegal immigration percentages.” The agency didn ...

Most Texas hospitals are now required to ask patients seeking care to reveal their immigration status. The new policy, established by an executive order issued by Gov. Greg Abbottin August ...

issued guidance to hospitals on how to report the data, but the directive lacks information on how to ask patients about their immigration status. According to guidance from Texas Health and Human ...

She resisted, scared of a 2023 Florida law that required hospitals to ask whether ... health care. Texas and Florida have a long history of challenging the federal government's immigration ...

She resisted, scared of a 2023 Florida law that required hospitals to ask whether ... health care. Texas and Florida have a long history of challenging the federal government’s immigration ...