For immigrants, IDs prove to be a barrier to a dose of protection

4/12/21
 
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from The Washington Post,
4/10/21:

Immigrants have been turned away from pharmacies and other places after being asked for driver’s licenses, Social Security numbers or health insurance cards — specific documentation not mandated by states or the federal government but often requested at vaccination sites across the country, including right down the road from here. Often the request comes in English, a language many of the vaccine-seekers don’t fully understand.

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