Statement attributable to:
Ana Mar铆a L贸pez, MD, MPH, MACP
President, 管家婆心水论坛
Washington, DC (November 9, 2018) 鈥 The 管家婆心水论坛 (ACP) appreciates the decision of a federal appeals court to uphold a lower court's ruling against efforts to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The DACA program protects undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and prevents them from being deported. ACP strongly believes that any attempt to eliminate the DACA program will undermine medical education and public health.
Medical students and resident physicians are among those who are protected under DACA, and ending the program would negatively impact the physician workforce and the patients they treat. These 鈥渄reamers鈥 have the experience and background needed to treat an increasingly diverse patient population. Additionally, ACP fears that any attempt to undermine the DACA program would make it exceedingly difficult for immigrants to access health care coverage, going against ACP鈥檚 longstanding goal of improving access to affordable, quality health care for all.
ACP is relieved to see that the DACA program will continue to be upheld, and reaffirms its calls to Congress to implement legislation that will protect dreamers and create a permanent pathway to citizenship.
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