DJTL In The News - July 2020

The Public Charge law ‘does not restrict access’ to treatment of COVID-related illnesses, says the USCIS. Photos: Unsplash By Sunita Sohrabji, India-West Immigrant communities fear to seek treatment for COVID-19 because of the new public charge rule that says those who seek any form of federal public aid could be denied permanent status in the U.S. Dr. Daniel Turner-Lloveras of the Harbor UCLA Medical Clinic made this remark at a webinar organized by Ethnic Media Services and sponsored by the Blue Shield of California Foundation.   But in a March 27 alert, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services stated that: “The Public Charge rule does not restrict access to testing, screening, or treatment of communicable diseases, including COVID-19. In addition, the rule does not restrict access to vaccines for children or adults to prevent vaccine-preventable diseases.” The March 27 advisory also stated that there might be an exception with [...]

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Además del miedo y la ansiedad colectivos causados por la pandemia del COVID-19, los inmigrantes enfrentan otra fuente de estrés: las dificultades para acceder a servicios de salud o de ayudas federales.

by Leslie Layton Butte County’s Latino residents are becoming infected with COVID-19 at an alarmingly disproportionate rate, a reflection of the disparities surfacing throughout the nation that show low-income, immigrant and other minority communities hardest hit by the pandemic. Figures released earlier this week to ChicoSol in response to a Public Records Act request show … Continue reading "Butte County Latinos hit hardest by pandemic"

Dr. Daniel Turner-Lloveras, assistant professor of medicine at the Harbor-UCLA/ David Geffen School of Medicine, expressed concern during a recent Ethnic Media Services briefing regarding the state of the COVID-19

El miedo alimentado por la retórica antiinmigrante, los previene de acceder al cuidado de salud

The United States, currently leading the world in the number of people infected with coronavirus, is at the crest of fully experiencing the pandemic, a panel of medical experts and community health advocates told reporters March 27. The U.S. has registered more than 136,000 infections and approximately 2,400 deaths, according to March 26 data from…

Según una reciente encuesta de Urban Institute, el 80% de las familias no sabían que podían inscribir a sus hijos en Medicad, sin afectar al estatus inmigratorio de sus padres.

SAN FRANCISCO — The Trump Administration’s re-implementation of the public charge rule has kept immigrants from accessing health care and other needed services during the COVID pandemic.

After months of proffering an often piecemeal and chaotic response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the federal government is still failing to extend protections to the nation's vulnerable immigrant communities. With the impacts of Covid-19 falling disproportionately on people of color, the Tru

International students at risk of being deported, H1-B visa bans, and the pressing change in public charge all have one thing in common - they are targeted towards immigrants.  It feels like a car crash caused by a distracted driver, with the wreckage laid bare on the road, making way for those w

India has banned 59 Apps with Chinese links, including hugely popular TikTok and UC Browser, saying they were prejudicial to sovereignty, and integrity

Since the beginning of President Donald Trump’s presidency, his administration has made tightening immigration a key part of its agenda, including imposing restrictions on the public charge rule.

By Kiley Russell