The Detention Dilemma: When Immigration Policy Harms Healthcare The recent release of Debora Kapisha, a Maine Medical Center nurse and asylum seeker, from immigration detention is a welcome development.
However, it also underscores the larger issue of collateral damage inflicted by the US immigration system on those who care for us when we're most vulnerable. Kapisha's case is not isolated.
Many healthcare workers are immigrants living and working in the United States while awaiting asylum decisions or seeking permanent residency.