Author Archives: Ranit Mishori, Kathryn Hampton, Marsha Griffin, and Nancy E. Wang

About Ranit Mishori, Kathryn Hampton, Marsha Griffin, and Nancy E. Wang

Marsha Griffin, MD, is Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine (UTRGV). She was a founding member of the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Council on Immigrant Child and Family Health and co-authored the AAP Policy Statement “Detention of Immigrant Children.” She is also a co-founder of Community for Children, Inc., a non-profit created to benefit immigrant families on the border. Dr. Griffin spent the last ten years writing and speaking both nationally and internationally about her concerns for the trauma inflicted on immigrant children on the border.

Reporting detention-related harms

Community-based clinicians sometimes see patients who have been recently released from immigration detention. Those encounters can be challenging, especially when patients reveal health harms experienced while in detention. It is obviously critical that clinicians provide high-quality medical care and address any health issues potentially brought about or exacerbated by their detention history. But do they… Read More »