While local hospitals andpublicly funded clinics have not seen U.S. immigration officers on their campuses to detain staff or patients, officials at those facilities say they have protocols in place.
And they worry that people will avoid seeking care because of the worry about immigration officers.
Central Health, the Austin-Travis County hospital district, and its clinical practice CommUnityCare, have not had any ICE agents at their clinics, but developed a policy in March to have a standard operating procedure for what staff should do if immigration officials show up at the clinics…