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Client Stories "Immigration Won't Pay For It": One Immigrant's Efforts to Access Medical Care In ICE Detention
Client Stories "Immigration Won't Pay For It": One Immigrant's Efforts to Access Medical Care In ICE Detention | "Immigration Won't Pay For It": One Immigrant's Efforts to Access Medical Care In ICE Detention |
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| Monday, 05 May 2008 | |
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A refugee woman talks about her efforts to access medical care during nearly two years of detention in a county jail under the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
When the woman discovered a lump in her shoulder, a jail nurse told her "It's just a fatty tumor," and her requests to see a doctor were refused. |
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