Medicine for Migration at UCSF

Ask Congress to pass the Dream and Promise Act!

#JusticeforJakelin Quick call to action regarding the recent news around Jakelin Caal. Jakelin was a seven year old indigenous Guatemalan girl whose family was detained by Border Patrol at the U.S. Mexico Border. She was held in custody despite being ill, and she was denied adequate medical attention. It was only when she spiked an 105 degree fever that she was flown to a nearby children's hospital. She later died of complications in the hospital. To learn more about the situ...ation, please see this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF7ufj7em2k&t=354s We are asking folks to: 1) Sign the petition below to urge our legislators to launch a private investigation into the medical neglect that led to Jakelin Caal's death. The petition also asks for cuts in funding for ICE and border patrol, which is especially important in the context of the recent proposal to increase funding for border security by $25 billion. You can find the petition here: https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSdLQru9vFWWNeUA6/viewform 2) Please contact your legislators to urge them to fight proposals that increase funding for ICE, border patrol, and the wall. 3) Circulate this information Please email us at [email protected] with any questions!

Students at Medicine for Migration at UCSF hope everyone is enjoying a well-deserved break with loved ones. We wanted to let everyone know that we are continuing our Photo-story Project. Should you feel inspired, humbled, or moved by a loved one's story of migration, we encourage you to share your story with our UCSF community.

My mother came to New York from Croatia (then Yugoslavia) as an asylum seeker when she was 5. My grandfather was politically active and the communist government sought to persecute him and his family. My mother was smuggled out of Croatia concealed under a blanket on a train and eventually arrived in New York. Like so many immigrant children, she learned English in her public school and my grandmother (pictured bottom left) worked multiple jobs as a maid, hospital janitor, an...d sweatshop worker, having been forced to leave school to work after third grade. Public benefits such as food stamps helped my mother and her family make it through these times. My mother went on to receive a PhD and I am forever inspired and grateful for the sacrifices she and her family made so that I can be here today. #NoPublicCharge ~First Year Medical Student, UCSF SOM

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