Author Archives: Nancy Berlinger

Get with the Program

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Jef­frey Toobin, in his arti­cle about the Flo­re­ses, a mixed-status fam­ily, describes a “com­pre­hen­sive break­down in pub­lic pol­icy” with regard to immi­gra­tion reform (“Amer­i­can Limbo,” July 27th). I write as a co-director of the Undoc­u­mented Patients Project at the Hast­ings Cen­ter. Fam­i­lies like the Flo­re­ses have also been sys­tem­at­i­cally excluded from pub­lic ben­e­fits that provide […]

“Undocumented Dreamers” and the Health of the Dreamers

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Loy­ola Uni­ver­sity Chicago Stritch School of Medicine’s recent announce­ment that it would accept appli­ca­tions from Dream­ers – young undoc­u­mented immi­grants eli­gi­ble for Deferred Action on Child­hood Arrivals (DACA) sta­tus – is an inno­v­a­tive and wel­come response to the promise implicit in DACA. The idea that young peo­ple who had been brought to the U.S. as […]

The Ethics of Advocacy for Undocumented Patients

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Nancy Berlinger and Rajeev Ragha­van, “The Ethics of Advo­cacy for Undoc­u­mented Patients,” Hast­ings Cen­ter Report 43, no. 1 (2013): 14–17. DOI: 10.1.002/hast.126 Abstract: Approx­i­mately 11.2 mil­lion undoc­u­mented immi­grants have set­tled in the United States. Pro­vid­ing health care to these res­i­dents is an every­day con­cern for the clin­i­cians and health care orga­ni­za­tions who serve them. Uncer­tain how to […]

Field Notes: Out of the Shadows

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One of the inter­est­ing things about start­ing a new research project is its uncer­tainty. You’re not yet sure what you think about the issues you’re about to explore. I was reminded of this recently when, with col­leagues here at the Cen­ter, I started work on a project on undoc­u­mented patients in the U.S. health care […]