AltWeeklies Wire
Attempted Deportation of an Infant by an Arizona Hospital Reveals Legal Murknew
The University Medical Center returns about 50 patients each year to their home countries. Yet there seems to be no record of written consent from these patients -- in what amounts to quiet, informal deportations.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
09-04-2008 |
Immigration
Hospitals Ship Immigrants Home ... and Often to Uncertain Futuresnew
Critics call it international patient-dumping that occurs beyond the oversight of federal agencies, such as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But the government is beginning to take notice: a Florida state appeals court has ruled that only the federal government has the power to remove a person from this country.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
08-15-2008 |
Immigration
