Although the practice is illegal, medical deportations have become a profitable industry in the U.S. prismreports
An industry has flourished. More than 350 airplane ambulances capable of medically deporting people operate in the U.S., according to the 2021 report “,” by the Legislative Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and Free Migration Project, a nonprofit advocating for abolishing deportations.
The industry has financial incentives to expand medical deportations. Rivas said that he has identified a New York clinic that agreed to admit his wife, but as of March 2, the Lehigh Valley Hospital staff had not communicated with the New York option for a possible transfer.For medical transportation companies, “this is their business model. They rely on these deportations to make revenue,” said Adrianna Torres-García, deputy director of the Free Migration Project.
“I would not rule out medical malpractice. In other cases we’ve worked on, the family and the health advocates always had concerns whether the patient was receiving appropriate care,” said David Bennion, executive director of Free Migration Project. “Hospitals do all kinds of things to cover up that information, like not providing copies of the medical files.”
For now, Rivas is fighting—along with advocates, nonprofits, and grassroots organizations—to keep his wife in the U.S. . Otherwise, it will be harder to get any kind of accountability.
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