2026 is here
And it’s a doozy…
The current actions and enforcement tactics used by ICE are both illegal and inhumane. Recent incidents, such as the deaths of ICU nurse Alex Pretti and Renee Good, demonstrate a disturbing pattern where federal agents have not only failed to provide medical aid but have actively prevented physicians from doing so. Furthermore, the use of tear gas at a school in Minneapolis and the presence of ICE in hospitals exemplifies the traumatic tactics being deployed in our communities.
Know Your Rights
A Guide for Immigrant Families in Pennsylvania
Stop ICE’s Aggressive Attacks on Immigrants, Citizens, and Children
Some of the urgently needed changes include:
A ban on agents’ access to schools, day cares, medical facilities, polling locations, and other vulnerable locations
A ban on the detention and deportation of children
An end to the use of deadly force and the detention and deportation of U.S. citizens and lawfully present immigrants
A requirement that agents remove their masks and show identification
A ban on arrests without judicial warrants
A ban on roving patrols, racial profiling, and arrest quotas
Independent inspectors and oversight of all detention facilities to ensure humane treatment of detainees.
Shrinking healthcare access
Congress failed to extend the Enhanced Premium Tax Credits (EPTCs), which expired 12/31/25.
Congress did not renew the enhanced tax credits that help people afford health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. At the same time the prices insurers are charging are climbing.
An average of 1,000 Pennsylvanians are dropping coverage each day, according to the state's health insurance marketplace
Pennsylvania only seems to be getting more important in the national political landscape and each district continues to have unique needs and concerns.
Protecting Public Health
Since his nomination, we have voiced concerns about RFK Jr. serving in the role as HHS Secretary.
Over 1,000 current and former HHS staff, the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), the APHA and six former US Surgeons General have called for RFK Jr’s resignation.
Protect Public Health
On behalf of their hundreds of thousand physician members and millions of patients, the following organizations have spoken out in a unified voice on the topic of vaccines:
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
American Medical Association (AMA)
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
American Psychiatric Association (APA)
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM)
American College of Physicians
Their message is simple: vaccines are safe, vaccines save lives, and undermining vaccines is reckless.
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhuman because it often results in physical death.”
– Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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