State Sen. Victor Torres represents predominantly Hispanic Osceola County in central Florida. At Sunday Mass at his local ...

to collect data on patients’ immigration status. In August, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott followed suit, by signing an executive order that requires Texas public hospitals to collect data on ...

Go to the hospital ... care for illegal immigrants,” Abbott said in issuing the order. Data from Texas isn’t available yet. In Florida, however, a March report by the state Agency for Health ...