03-05-20: Jim Mangia CEO of St John's Well Child Family Center

St. John’s, A Refuge for HealthWe live in an era where it is standard practice to attack the basic civil and human rights of immigrants; separate children from their families at the border; deny asylum without trial; imprison immigrants for extended periods of time in dilapidated detention facilities; allow immigrant children to die without medical care while in our custody; and shut down the federal government over a wall that should not and will not ever be built. At St. John’s, we have seen firsthand the fear these human rights violations have created. Adolescents caring for and bringing in their younger siblings for annual physicals or medical visits because their parents have been deported. Patients asking for extra bottles of their diabetes medication so they have a reserve, or requesting copies of their children’s medical records so they have them should they be deported. Or hundreds of patients running out of our waiting room because of a rumor that immigration authorities were arresting people “around the corner” from the clinic. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit moderateddf652d2726bd44d880ef877.substack.com