US Rejects Offer of Free Flu Shots for Detained Immigrants
By Aline Barros
December 07, 2019 02:33 AM
WASHINGTON - As the flu season reaches its peak in December and January, the Trump administration has again rejected an offer by an American physicians group of free flu vaccinations for detained undocumented immigrants.
Physicians from Doctors for Camp Closure sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) offering a flu shot pilot program to detainees at a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility at no cost to the federal government.
The CBP said this is not a new policy, that it has never been the agency’s practice to administer vaccines to migrants.
https://www.voanews.com/usa/immigration/us-rejects-offer-free-flu-shots-detained-immigrants