Miami, Florida
Florida impose the requirement to show a residence permit for evacuation against covid-19, in an attempt to contain the victim “vacuna tourismBut you can be without immunization for miles of undocumented immigrants, in addition to people without hog or bad resources.
“It’s very disappointing that the consequence of this new regulation is to exclude some of the most vulnerable people in our community, such as those who are document caretakers,” said AFL’s Lily Ostrer, a resident of Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. and member of the CIR / SEIU Medical Union.
Florida, a cultural and economic marketplace for immigration – one of five foreign nationals in the foreign country, has limited its vacancies to permanent or temporary residents. These are the ones that are known as “Snowbirds” (migration) because they are the only ones in this region of the western part of the world.
The decisive decision lies in the reporting of tourist cases from the United States or the exterior that will take place in the state – which at this time is vacant to all mayors of 65 years – only to be vaccinated, in a new phenomenon called “vacant tourism “.
But, yes Florida has administered more than 1.3 million doses, the process is slow and chaotic.
For that, the ad company by the jude of Salud de Florida, Scott Rivkees, indicates that, when it comes to vacancies, aspirants must demonstrate a proof of residency.
You can get the driver’s license, the invoice for some public service or a bank card.
But immigrants without papers can get a driver’s license in Florida and, in the absence of documentation, many times the public services are registered in the name of a third party.
A study conducted last year by the American Immigration Council showed that in Florida live about 775,000 undocumented foreigners, representing 18% of the immigrant population.
In addition, they can also lead to the inoculation of the citizens without hogar o in extreme poverty.
– “It is not a good policy of Salud” –
Thomas Kennedy, coordinator in Florida of the organization of the rights of the immigrant United We Dream, dijo que la nueva medida “cre una barrera wrel y deliberada para lotos residenas de Florida, entre ellos los immigrantes undocumentados, pero también para lota persones sin acceso a la vivienda”.
They suelen ser, in addition, essential workers in high risk of coronavirus contagion, debit their jobs and because in many cases convince with various people in small lives. Además, the undocumented have no right to public health.
“Access to the vaccine should be available worldwide, without importing vivo into its migratory status,” Kennedy told AFP.
Oyster, the medical and union member, added that a significant segment of the population will be evacuated from the evacuation program.
“In order for vacancies to be effective, we need to vacate the mayor’s vacancy”, commented. “Any policy that excludes vacancies is not a good public health policy.”
“Keep in mind that the lens is reserved vacant “For Florida residents, there is no doubt that this is a policy to implement,” said the doctor.
From my principles, the local press has reported that some tourists are benefiting from the Florida vacation program. El Tampa Bay Times records the amount of 41,000 people vakunaron of Florida residents.
Oyster destaco in addition to the social inequality that means the hecho of the “snowbirds”, who suelen tener a second house in Florida, can access the vacuna thanks to this new provision, while many essential workers who live in the state will not be able to .
Ultimately, the requirement to try the residence also means a load of inconvenience to the staff administering the vacancies, the workload on the titanic tariff is inoculated to a population of 21.5 million the most affordable.
Kenneth Goodman, director of the Florida Bioethics Network, questioner and commentator on the Tampa Bay Times, said it was important to restore the vacancies of the holiday responsibility of “start monitoring, retrieving and examining this type of residency documentation.”