Health care for undocumented immigrants
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- 1. Health Care for Undocumented Immigrants Peter Bizon, Nora Elnahas, Leah Kujawski, Olga Sokolov, Kelsie Young
- 2. Why Orange and Black? • Orange and black are colors of the Monarch butterfly • Travels up to 3,000 miles • Spends winters in southern California and central Mexico
- 3. Overview of Undocumented Population • Total estimate: 11.2 million in the United States • Dreamers sub-population: 728,000 • Insurance eligibility: no publicly-funded, no Medicaid, no Medicare • Option #1: Emergency Rooms (under EMTALA, $$$) • Option #2: Community health clinics ($50 per visit) • Option #3: Free clinics • Option #4: Detention facilities
- 4. Birthright US citizenship • Introduced in 1868 as the 14th Amendment • 7.5% of all births in the United States to undocumented immigrants, amounting to 300,000 births/year (Pew Hispanic Center) • Current estimates between 4.0 to 4.5 million children born to undocumented immigrants (Migration Policy Institute) • Undocumented not the same as Illegal. US Constitution guarantees “innocent until proven guilty” by 6th Amendment
- 5. Jane Doe/Roe/Poe/Moe cases of 2017-18 • Series of cases of detained undocumented immigrant female minors (under the age of 18) who happened to be pregnant • Once incarcerated, Janes expressed the desire to terminate their pregnancies • Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) policy prohibits abortion • Jane Poe pregnancy a result of rape • Abortion has been a constitutional right for 45 years
- 6. Conflict of law and ethics (Jane Doe) • Jane Doe, 17-years old female, is detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) • Jane Doe is in the United States without parents, thus able to make own decisions • Jane Doe has the right to choose (autonomy) • Jane Doe’s right to choose prevented by the ORR (policy issue) • If Jane Doe gives birth in the United States, child will be a US citizen (not relevant to the case but relevant to Jane/CPS/ICE)