Maria Kallmeyer Quoted in Axios Article on Immigration Enforcement in Hospitals

Maria Kallmeyer, co-chair of the Quarles & Brady Immigration & Mobility Practice Group, was quoted in an Axios article that discussed immigration enforcement in hospitals.

The article explores the fear and confusion in exam rooms and emergency departments amid the surge of immigration enforcement. Kallmeyer emphasized the importance of distinguishing which areas within hospitals are public and which ones are private, and encouraged hospital administrators to lay out a protocol that includes a phone tree with whom to call if U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrive.

An excerpt below:

Between the lines: Distinguishing which areas are public and which are private is the first order of business, said Maria Kallmeyer of Quarles & Brady. So is laying out a protocol, including a phone tree with whom to call if ICE agents arrive, for front desk receptionists.

• Staff are generally told to inform ICE that they don't have the authority to grant access and should keep them in the lobby until they are able to reach a supervisor, she said.
• Agents can access private areas like patient rooms if they have a judicial warrant or if they brought the patient in for care while in ICE custody.

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