Tennessee forces migrant parents with severely ill kids to make a choice: Drop out of healthcare program or risk deportation (opens original article in a new tab)

Tennessee's new law forces undocumented families with severely ill children to choose between healthcare and risking deportation by reporting their immigration status to ICE

• Tennessee's new law requires state health agencies to report immigration status of families in the Children’s Special Services program to the Centralized Immigration Enforcement Division
• Undocumented families with severely ill or disabled children must choose between continuing healthcare or risking deportation under the new policy
• Doctors and advocates warn the policy could lead to severe health consequences for children and are preparing legal challenges
• Approximately 400 families have received warnings about the law change, but it's unclear how many have disenrolled from the program