Opinion: Immigration fear is reshaping patient trust inside CT hospitals

CT Mirror – Friday, July 17, 2026
By Michael Duell

Michael Duell of New Haven is a student at Yale University.

Her third-trimester pregnancy loss had been complicated by heavy bleeding, and doctors expected her to remain hospitalized for weeks. She did not linger on the medical details. Instead, she spoke about what followed the loss.

During her extended hospital stay, her employers fired her. Without a steady income, she worried about how she would pay her medical bills. She wasn’t in contact with the child’s father, and she had no close relatives nearby. Most of her family lived abroad, but she was afraid to visit them, uncertain whether she would be allowed to return to the United States if she left.

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