February 5, 2025

Amid deportation fears, hundreds of patients skip appointments at one Chicago health clinic

“At CommunityHealth, which serves a large immigration population, prescriptions have been left on shelves since President Donald Trump took office.

“Nurse practitioner Margaret Bavis isn’t used to her ‘rock-solid’ patients not showing up at CommunityHealth, a free medical center in Chicago that mostly treats Spanish- and Polish-speaking patients.

“But about two weeks ago, when Republican President Donald Trump was sworn into office amid a promise to deport millions of people in the U.S. without legal status, some of Bavis’ regulars started skipping their appointments.”

Read full article here: WBEZ