PEDIATRICIANS SEND LETTER TO DHS DEMANDING RELEASE OF CHILDREN IN ICE DETENTION
A group of medical professionals has composed a letter they've sent to the Department of Homeland Security in an effort to advocate for children being held in immigration detention. The letter was signed by thousands of medical professionals who also fear for the well-being of the detained children …
Anita K. Patel, Ashley Marie Cozzo, and Lara Jones are all board-certified pediatricians and professors of pediatrics. They collaborated to write the letter addressed to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
The letter calls for the implementation of medical guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics to immediately release all children in immigration detention.
The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) in San Antonio reports 300 to 500 children and infants are detained by ICE on any given day in Texas.
