Doctor Tony Pastor said Governor Greg Abbott's executive order had left providers feeling uncomfortable and scared patients.
A Texas doctor's TikTok telling migrants they do not have to answer questions about their immigration status when receiving medical care has gone viral.Doctor Tony Pastor posted the video talking about Governor Greg Abbott's executive order requiring hospitals in the state to collect data on undocumented migrants.The Houston cardiologist said he was afraid the policy, which added a citizenship question to intake forms, would discourage people from seeking medical care.
The governor has been one of the biggest voices denouncing current federal government border policies and has implemented his own program, Operation Lone Star, to tackle illegal immigration into Texas.Ahead of the order's implementation, Texas Hospital Association spokesperson Carrie Williams told Newsweek that patient care would not change.'Texas hospitals continue to be a safe place for needed care,' she said. 'On the particulars of implementation, all hospitals are different.
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