New data KFF Health Tracking Poll data show that the public is divided along partisan lines on the Trump administration's approach to immigration enforcement in health care facilities. A majority say they are concerned about the administration's tactics and immigration enforcement activities in or around health care settings. This includes:

Majorities of the public who say they are "very" or "somewhat" concerned about people who have been hospitalized after being detained by federal immigration officials not being allowed to contact their families (69%);
Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Customs and Border Protection arresting or detaining people in health care settings (63%); and
Health care providers and officials sharing patients' immigration status with ICE or CBP (59%).

There are sharp partisanship differences, with Democrats and independents more likely than Republicans (especially MAGA Republicans) to say they are concerned about these issues. For example, although about 9 in 10 Democrats and three-quarters of independents say they are concerned about people who have been hospitalized after detainment not being allowed to contact their families, only 4 in 10 Republicans express concern. Democrats are about three times as likely as Republicans to say they are concerned about ICE or CBP detaining people in or around hospitals, clinics or other health care facilities (92% vs. 28%).

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Immigration enforcement in health care facilities divides Americans along party lines

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