Annika Salme

National Nurses United, which represents more than 200,000 registered nurses, is demanding that Congress abolish ICE and use that funding for services like Medicare and Medicaid.

They say immigration enforcement agencies have become a threat to public health.

Pomi Neal is a registered nurse in Santa Clara, California.

Neal says nurses are protesting either before or after their shifts, so patient care should not be affected.

For NPR News, I'm Annika Salme in San Francisco.

National Nurses United, which represents more than 200,000 registered nurses, is demanding that Congress abolish ICE and use that funding for services like Medicare and Medicaid.

They say immigration enforcement agencies have become a threat to public health.

Pomi Neal is a registered nurse in Santa Clara, California.

Neal says nurses are protesting either before or after their shifts, so patient care should not be affected.

For NPR News, I'm Annika Salme in San Francisco.

I think that that would save a lot of lives and save families from devastation.