The mandate, taking effect Nov. 1, is an effort to tally how much the state spends on medical care for undocumented immigrants, but critics say it's an invasion of privacy. An executive order in Texas ...

A plan by Gov. Abbott to get information on the immigration status of Texas hospital patients is backfiring.

Undocumented immigrants in Texas are foregoing medical care amid ongoing fears of being detained or deported, a new report suggests. According to a recently released report, hospital visits by ...

A 54-year-old woman from Edinburg holds her hands as she poses for a photo at her home in the Rio Grande Valley on March 18, 2026. After suffering a bad fall in October, she refused to go to the ...

From November 2024 to August, Texas State data shows hospital visits dropped from about 30,000 to just over 20,000 ...

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