MN Immigrant Health Alliance

A collective of health care providers in MN advocating for the health of immigrants and refugees.

[MN Immigrant Health Alliance @MIHA_MN]

Thank you Mpls City Council for recognizing International Migrants Day with this Resolution.

Now it’s time for the Revolution

#FreeThemAll

[Immigrant Law Center MN @ILCM_MN]

“President Biden just slammed the door on refugees. By saying he will abide by the historically and incredibly low limit for refugee admissions set by Trump, he has betrayed his promise." - Veena Iyer, Executive Director of the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota.

[Josh Marcus ✌🏻 @joshwmarcus]

Joe Biden has said migrants deserve equal access to the vaccine. But poor planning has meant barely any ICE detainees are getting it, despite their much, much higher coronavirus risk. I talked with detainees about what it's like to sit and wait for Covid. https://t.co/SC9mfQPiMz

[MN Immigrant Health Alliance @MIHA_MN]

Thank you @The_Advocates for compiling this report on Human rights concerns in MN jails for people in ICE detention. We were proud to contribute to this work and to continue in the fight for abolition. https://t.co/gnWaAdftra

[Hannah Lichtsinn, MD @DoctorLix]

Since starting vaccines in MN, compared with white Minnesotans age adjusted mortality for the following communities went:

▪️ Black: ⬇️ 0.02x
▪️ Asian: ⬆️ 1.5x
▪️ Indigenous: ⬆️ 0.6x
▪️ Latinx: ⬆️ 0.4x

It’s getting worse. 5/

[Sahan Journal @SahanJournal]

Sahan Journal is excited to announce a new video series to help make COVID-19 vaccine information more accessible for immigrant communities.
We’ve prepared four related videos–in Somali, Spanish, Hmong & English–to answer your questions about the vaccine. https://t.co/3fWpdLPCXA

[MN Immigrant Health Alliance @MIHA_MN]

En Minnesota, Las personas Latinx han murió 6x más frequente de COVID comparada al resto de los habitantes.

Las reglas de @GovTimWalz negan la vacuna a todos los trabajadores esenciales, y van a peorar esta disparidad. #VaccineEquity

[MN Immigrant Health Alliance @MIHA_MN]

Please read, share, and sign of you agree.

Latinx Minnesotans (similar to Black, Indigenous, and Asian immigrant communities) have died at a rate 6x higher than white Minnesotans and we have to make sure that they have urgent access to the vaccine. Thank you @md4healthequity

[MN Doctors for Health Equity @md4healthequity]

ACTION ALERT: COVID VACCINE EQUITY #VaccineEquity

Read, share, and consider signing https://t.co/JYJ43wC6AW

[Hannah Lichtsinn, MD @DoctorLix]

In MN there is no centralized oversight of the medical care being provided to people in jail or prison which leads to substandard conditions and illnesses especially during a pandemic.

It’s time we change that. @ACLUMN @The_Advocates @MIHA_MN

[Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) @SocietyGIM]

SGIM Frontliner @DoctorLix co-founded the Minnesota Immigrant Health Alliance in 2019. @MIHA_MN advocates for immigrant & refugee health justice while combating unjust detention practices that impact these pops. Read her story here: https://t.co/azXht9KVS6

[Hannah Lichtsinn, MD @DoctorLix]

MASS INCARCERATION MUST END, and until it does, MN officials must act NOW with:

1. Timely vaccine access for incarcerated people

2. Independent medical oversight of healthcare of all incarcerated people in MN. @MNReformer

https://t.co/4HRlVK35oT

[Hannah Lichtsinn, MD @DoctorLix]

Thank you @uche_blackstock for sharing! @mnhealth and @GovTimWalz please help MN lead by ensuring everyone incarcerated in our state (including those held by ICE) have URGENT access to the COVID vaccine. @MIHA_MN

[Patricia Torres Ray @TorresRayMN]

Add your voice to this plea, ICE detainees must be released.#COVIDー19 outbreak in #Kandiyohi

[MN Immigrant Health Alliance @MIHA_MN]

The state of MN has failed to protect our immigrant neighbors from HUMAN RIGHTS and MEDICAL ETHICS violations against ICE detainees in Kandiyohi county.

Thank you to the organizations fighting for health and justice. @ourhealthmn @NoCagesMn @ISAIAHMN @ACLUMN @MIRACMN

[Our Stories. Our Health. @ourhealthmn]

Today we joined a letter to local, state, and federal leaders demanding the release of ICE detainees from the Kaniyohi County Jail. There is a COVID-19 outbreak in the facility and they simply cannot keep people safe or healthy. Read the letter here: https://t.co/2F1n3D5an5

[Our Stories. Our Health. @ourhealthmn]

Today we joined a letter to local, state, and federal leaders demanding the release of ICE detainees from the Kaniyohi County Jail. There is a COVID-19 outbreak in the facility and they simply cannot keep people safe or healthy. Read the letter here: https://t.co/2F1n3D5an5

[No Cages MN @NoCagesMn]

COVID-19 outbreak at Kandiyohi County Jail among ICE detainees. Please extend your support by signing the form by @MIHA_MN here -> https://t.co/m6TRZALGx2

[MN Doctors for Health Equity @md4healthequity]

MDHEQ members, please consider signing a petition from @MIHA_MN to end human rights abuses for ICE detainees in Minnesota. Please amplify! @mnaap @hacer_research @UnidosMN @MNCommunityCare @TCMSMN @NorthFamilyMed @MNFamilyDocs @HCMC_FamilyMed @unitedfamilymed @umnpedsres

[MN Immigrant Health Alliance @MIHA_MN]

Join MIHA in fighting against blatant human rights abuses in our state. Sign on at the link below.

https://t.co/ftJWYIkk8N

[Hannah Lichtsinn, MD @DoctorLix]

Kandiyohi Sheriff’s staff knowingly put a healthy ICE detainee in a cell with someone who is COVID+

They are denying medical care to ICE detainees and punishing them instead with solitary confinement.

End these human rights abuses now!

https://t.co/4eGVh9NM1C

[No Cages MN @NoCagesMn]

Incarcerated/detained people don't have the option to socially distance. They deserve equitable, voluntary access to the COVID-19 vaccine -- they deserve the same standards for priority access as the general population.

Read and sign our open letter: https://t.co/AhCc0kIfwB

[Hannah Lichtsinn, MD @DoctorLix]

If you don’t already follow the MN Immigrant Health Alliance @MIHA_MN please do. We will be pushing out some important and very URGENT work today and need all the help we can get.

#FreeThemAll