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Nurses condemn Trump administration rescission of guidelines protecting hospitals from immigration raids

By National Nurses United  
   February 04, 2025

The following statement by National Nurses United (NNU), the largest U.S. union of registered nurses, is a reaction to the Trump administration's announcement that hospitals and other health care facilities are now open for immigration raids:

Nurses across the United States are outraged that the Trump administration rescinded guidelines previously barring immigration raids on “sensitive areas,” including hospitals and other health care facilities. Hospitals should be places for healing, where all patients feel safe receiving care, without fear. Our patients, who we make a sacred oath to help and heal, without discrimination, should never be forced to forego lifesaving treatment because our government has made our workplaces sites of harm and terror.

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