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Team,

Great news! We successfully blocked HB 135 — a law that literally put lives on the line — while the judge considers our full arguments.

This ruling ensures that access to HIV treatment remains available for all immigrants throughout the state.

The fight continues,

Joanna E. Cuevas Ingram
Senior Staff Attorney
National Immigration Law Center

P.S. Thank you for being a part of our work. I’m sharing a special photo from the day of when community members showed up in a powerful display of support for their immigrant neighbors.

Photo Credit: ACLU of Idaho

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Team,

I’m writing to share an important update in our fight to preserve health care access for immigrant communities. I’ll be brief, because I’m headed into court right now.

Here’s what you need to know:

On June 26, we filed an emergency lawsuit seeking to stop a dangerous law that literally puts lives on the line. Idaho’s HB 135 requires adults to have their immigration status verified to access critical services like vaccines, life-saving medications, and treatment for communicable disease symptoms. These are federally funded programs, and prior to this law, eligible Idaho residents could access them without immigration status restrictions.

This extremely harmful law was set to go into effect on July 1. It even restricts access to life-saving HIV-medication. Just four days after we filed our challenge, we secured a temporary restraining order which blocked the state of Idaho from restricting access to HIV medication for our patient plaintiffs, while the court considers our full arguments.

Today, I am headed to court to argue our case. The law is clear. States cannot impose their own immigration status requirements on federally funded health care programs that Congress has exempted from immigration status verification. Idaho’s restrictions pose an obstacle to Congress’ goals in funding treatment and care that is effective in preventing HIV transmission.

We are now seeking a preliminary injunction on behalf of all immigrant Idahoans living with HIV who are otherwise eligible for HIV treatment and care under federal law. HB 135 subverts federal law and dangerously politicizes public health. We will fight it with everything we have.

We are honored to be fighting alongside our courageous plaintiffs and our co-counsel — the ACLU of Idaho, Nixon Peabody LLP, and Ramirez-Smith Law.

In solidarity,

Joanna E. Cuevas Ingram
Senior Staff Attorney
National Immigration Law Center

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