Children's Special Services program
Coverage of Children's Special Services program in the Nexus archive.
- Judge blocks Tennessee from reporting sick children to immigration authorities, for now
A judge temporarily blocked Tennessee from sharing health data on 400 seriously ill immigrant children with immigration authorities. The order followed a lawsuit by three doctors who argued that a new state law requiring information sharing after June would harm patients, as the law is part of bills supporting immigration enforcement policies.
- Judge temporarily blocks Tenn. policy forcing families to choose lifesaving care for kids or risk deportation
A Tennessee judge temporarily blocked a state policy requiring the Tennessee Department of Health to report children in a federally funded medical program to immigration authorities if they are suspected of lacking legal status. The policy, challenged in a lawsuit by the Tennessee Justice Center on behalf of physicians, could have disrupted lifesaving care for over 400 immigrant children with severe medical conditions.