The most vulnerable may be among those most affected by the Trump Administration's 120 day ban on refugees entering the United States.
The Vice President Of Women And Children Services at Windsor Regional Hospital, Rosemary Petrakos, is worried about the premature newborns of refugees needing emergency treatment in Detroit. "The biggest concern is it would just take one to have a bad outcome and it would effect everybody. I mean if you could imagine our most vulnerable population which is a small baby, it weighs -- think of a pound of butter -- that size, and we're compromising that infants life."
Older children are affected as well. "Kids tend to get very sick, very quickly and can't fly or take a trip up the 401," says Petrakos.
Hospital President and CEO David Musyj is hoping to arrange a pre-clearance agreement in writing with U.S. Homeland Security. "If it does happen and a mom and baby get stopped at the border for an extended period of time, it could compromise their life."
Musyj says the hospital is trying to be proactive before any lives are placed in jeopardy.