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PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia City Council enacted what immigration advocates say is a landmark law to stop so-called medical deportations, in which hospitals spirit seriously ill, undocumented patients out of the country to deeply uncertain futures. Critics call it international patient dumping, an attempt by health systems to avoid the cost

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia City Council enacted what immigration advocates say is a landmark law to stop so-called medical deportations, where hospitals spirit seriously ill, undocumented patients out of the

Researchers estimate that hundreds — if not thousands — of medical deportations take place a year.

Immigration activists are trying to stop an Allentown hospital from forcibly repatriating a desperately ill woman to her Dominican Republic homeland, saying the undocumented mother of two could die if sent away. The 46-year-old woman, identified only as S.C. to protect her privacy, experienced complications from surgery after suffering a

Although the practice is illegal, medical deportations have become a profitable industry in the U.S.