Doctors concerned by new immigration proposals in Arizona

Republican plans to widen Arizona's controversial illegal immigration crackdown by making hospitals check whether patients are in the US legally have enraged medical professionals who fear becoming de facto government agents.

Medics blasted the Bill as it was scheduled for a hearing by the state Senate Judiciary Committee and doctors talked of scenarios in which immigrants with contagious diseases such as tuberculosis would avoid clinics or hospitals and put themselves and the public at a grave health risk.