Detained and Dismissed
Women’s Struggles to Obtain Health Care in United States Immigration Detention
March 17, 2009
This 78-page Human Rights Watch report documents dozens of cases in which the immigration agency's medical staff either failed to respond at all to health problems of women in detention or responded only after considerable delays.
link to report
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Groups bash US health care for detained immigrants
By JENNIFER KAY
The Associated Press/Washington Post
Tuesday, March 17, 2009; 7:06 PM
MIAMI -- U.S. immigration authorities routinely delay, deny or botch medical care for detained immigrants in poorly equipped facilities nationwide, according to separate reports released by two advocacy groups Tuesday.
Human Rights Watch and the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center blame the problems on unskilled or indifferent staff, overcrowding, bureaucratic red tape, language barriers and limited services available to detainees of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The groups contend that many medical problems could be avoided if the agency did not lock up people who are elderly, have health issues or lack criminal records. more
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