Topic: Immigration

Opinion: Heroism comes in combining our efforts

Lauren Herbert, MD

10/08/2019

This summer, I traveled with Sen. Ron Wyden and a small group to a shelter in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, directly across the border from El Paso, Texas. Under the “Migrant…

Immigration Spotlight: Dr. Lauren Herbert Praised for Work at US-Mexico Border

OPS

08/19/2019

  "You got a real hero in your midst in Dr. [Lauren] Herbert,” Senator Ron Wyden told the Eugene Register-Guard . “Had we not had her, I really fear for what would have…

AAP’s Visit to the Border: What They Saw and What You Can Do

Kyle Yasuda, AAP

07/17/2019

A message from AAP President Kyle Yasuda: I recently visited our southern border with AAP President-Elect Sally Goza, MD, FAAP; Marsha Griffin, MD, FAAP, co-chair of AAP's Immigrant Health Special…

Immigration — Regaining Compassion in Our Policies and Actions

Lauren Herbert, MD

02/16/2019

In this opinion piece, OPS member Lauren Herbert, MD,  shares a glimpse of detention centers and a plea for empathy in our immigration policies.  

Voter’s Pamphlet: OPS & Public Health Organizations Endorse No on Measure 105

Oregonians United Against Profiling

08/20/2018

Public health professionals warn: Measure 105 could harm our health care system and increase emergency room visits. Throwing out Oregon’s anti-racial profiling law could harm the health of our communities…

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