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Vincent Perez: “Even though you had doctors who were serving the community…”

Featuring: Vincent Perez, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 77

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Vince Perez press conference

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There was a case in the Rio Grande Valley where there were two doctors who were arrested and put in immigration detention. Also, when we talk about other consequences that these rules are going to have is Even though you had doctors who were serving the community in areas where there was a severe medical shortage, it's going to make a bad situation worse. We had people detained. But to answer your question, no, I mean, you know, having a license or anything like that from another state isn't necessarily going to help people here. (17:00–17:08)

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Asserts that recent rules will worsen medical shortages by affecting doctors serving in underserved areas.

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