Tennessee to report disabled immigrant kids getting public healthcare to ICE, advocates say

Scores of low-income immigrant children living with critical illnesses could soon lose access to life-sustaining medical care after Tennessee officials directed public health departments to verify their immigration status and report to the federal government, according to the Tennessee Justice Center.

The Tennessee Department of Health is targeting Children’s Special Services, a last-resort public health insurance program for kids with disabilities and life-threatening illnesses, such as cancer, spina bifida and terminal diseases.

The state …