Republicans push citizenship questions at hospitals as ICE enters medical facilities

By: Gloria Rebecca Gomez

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: January 28, 2026

Words: 1,320

Last Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Even as health care workers criticize the incursion of federal immigration agents in medical spaces as dangerous for patient welfare, Republican lawmakers in Arizona want to force hospitals to ask patients about their citizenship status.

The proposed legislation would require hospitals that accept Medicaid — virtually every hospital in the state — to include a question about a patient’s citizenship status on intake paperwork.

Similar laws in Texas and Florida have prompted …

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