Five on Friday: Public Charge

Proposed new rules on public charge, the first-ever United Nations High Level Meeting on Tuberculosis, Hurricane Florence recovery, and numerous other migrant health-related stories weighed down our thoughts this week. We send our gratitude to the thousands of clinicians who are on the frontlines of these issues, lending their time, expertise, and hearts to caring for some of the most vulnerable in the world. Here are a few of the many articles we shared this week. What did you read? Let us know on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter.

Del, Director of International Projects and Emerging Issues, sent us this disturbing article, as we move forward on recovery efforts in North Carolina: “Dead hogs being fished from swamps, workers rescued by kayak: We knew how many farms had flooded. Now we know where they are.”

Del also forwarded a CPPP blog post on how the new public charge rules are aimed at poor immigrants.

Theressa, Senior Program Manager and Training and Technical Assistance Coordinator, sent Protecting Immigrant Families’ letter opposing the proposed changes to public charge; MCN is proud to be a signatory. Contact PIF if your organization would like to sign on.

Alma, Senior Program Manager, shared the NPR article, “Federal Agents Board Buses 100 Miles From Border To Ask, Are You A US Citizen?”

Amy, Director of Environmental and Occupational Health, sent around “EPA Places the Head of Its Office of Children’s Health on Leave.”

Have a safe and healthy weekend.

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