10 year old US citizen receiving treatment for brain cancer arrested with undocumented parents and removed to Mexico
10 year old US citizen receiving treatment for brain cancer arrested with undocumented parents and removed to Mexico
The Texas family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup, they said, when they were detained at an immigration checkpoint.
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I know it makes no difference really, but is that legal? Could doctors not intervene? Could ICE be liable for death or injury incurred from deporting a citizen?
I mean, there were trials in Nuremberg eventually.
If there was functioning legal system in the US, they could.
It functions. That's part of the issue. It's mostly there to protect the rich and fuck the poor and minorities.
Asking those questions about Nazi-era German deportation/detention policy would yield the same answers.
Even prior to the current political climate, police overreach in hospitals has happened multiple times. Usually involves police arresting a nurse/doctor for not doing what the police want (even if the medical staff are in the right). Medical staff loses pay for the day, patient harm does happen because of involuntary abandonment, and no punishment is metered for the police.
So yeah, doctors and nurses are quite helpless here.
Could ICE be liable for death or injury incurred from deporting a citizen?
Yes, but only if the court will uphold the law. And at that point, the punitive measures can't bring back life or brain function.
Was she hospitalized? Not a lot the doctors can do if she was at home.