Ann Marie Vanderveen
Ann Marie Vanderveen

Ann Marie Vanderveen is an undergraduate student at the University of Colorado Boulder, majoring in journalism and minoring in Spanish. She has interned as a writer for Boulder’s local paper, the Boulder Daily Camera. Most recently, she served as a managing editor at her university’s award-winning newspaper, the CU Independent. She will graduate in December 2025.

With limited avenues to health care, uninsured immigrant patients may face ‘medical deportation’

Advocates say hospitals sometimes repatriate uninsured noncitizen patients without full consent — referring to the practice as “medical deportation.” Experts worry cases could increase because of Trump administration reforms on immigration and health care.

Con acceso limitado a la atención médica, los pacientes inmigrantes sin seguro se pueden enfrentar a la “deportación médica”

Según activistas, los hospitales a veces repatrian a pacientes inmigrantes sin consentimiento informado – una práctica que han denominado “deportación médica.” Expertos advierten que los casos podrían aumentar debido a las reformas sanitarias y migratorias de Trump.