Levitt Center Board Member Dr. Theresa Cheng featured in New York Times article “Migrants Are Skipping Medical Care, Fearing ICE, Doctors Say”

Levitt Center Board Member Dr. Theresa Cheng was featured in a May 8, 2025 New York time article entitled “Migrants Are Skipping Medical Care, Fearing ICE, Doctors Say”.  In the article, physicians express concern that people are skipping or delaying care because of their immigration status.  Theresa recounts an undocumented women who arrived at the emergency department with severely untreated diabetes. The waited to receive help because she was scared of immigration enforcement and died in the emergency department.