Healthcare Workers: Know Your Rights on Immigration Raids

This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.

When immigration officials show up at your facility, do you know what you're required to do — and what you're permitted to refuse?

Taught by Navindra Ramdeen, DO — physician and medical communications leader — this course gives frontline healthcare workers clear, practical, jurisdiction-specific guidance for the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom:

- United States: EMTALA's duty to treat regardless of immigration status; HIPAA and patient privacy vs. immigration agents; the critical difference between judicial and administrative warrants; your facility's 8-point response plan; state variation and the chilling effect on care-seeking.

- Canada: the coverage gap for undocumented patients; what the Interim Federal Health Program covers and who falls through; data-sharing realities and frontline practice.

- United Kingdom: what NHS care is always free; charging rules, debt reporting to the Home Office, and GP access rights.

Across all three countries, one principle holds: the clinician is not an immigration informant. Your job is the patient in front of you — this course shows you exactly where the legal lines are so you can do that job with confidence.

Includes a cross-cutting principles lesson and a concrete action plan you can implement at your facility this week.

If you searched for healthcare workers rights, know your rights healthcare workers, or immigration raids in hospitals, this course is made for frontline staff. It covers EMTALA, HIPAA and immigration, patient rights, undocumented patients, hospital immigration policy, and immigration enforcement in healthcare, plus NHS charging for UK staff — practical healthcare worker training you can use on your next shift.

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EDUCATIONAL DISCLAIMER: This course is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal, medical, or professional advice. Immigration law, healthcare policy, and enforcement practices vary by country, state/province, and facility, and change frequently. Nothing in this course creates a clinician-patient, attorney-client, or other professional relationship. For specific situations, consult a qualified attorney, your facility's legal counsel, or the appropriate professional. Course content is based on publicly available guidance as of 2026 and is not a substitute for your facility's policies or procedures. Always follow your employer's protocols and seek legal advice where required.

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© 2026 Navindra Ramdeen, DO. All rights reserved. No part of this course — including videos, audio, scripts, slides, text, and graphics — may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the copyright owner.