Some vaccine sites demand U.S. gov-issued IDs from eligible Minnesota immigrants seeking shots

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This goes against CDC and MN state rules.

https://sahanjournal.com/coronavirus/latino-id-requirement-vaccine-registration-minnesota/

Terecita Ascension walked into a south Minneapolis Cub Foods location Thursday evening for her appointment to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

Instead of coming out of the store relieved, however, she came out in tears. An attendant at the pharmacy refused to give her a shot, Ascension said, because Ascension couldn’t provide a U.S. government-issued ID. The clerk also allegedly asked Ascension for her immigration status.

Ascension, who is undocumented and lives in the Minneapolis area, first provided the clerk with her Consular Identification Card, a photo ID that the Mexican government issues to citizens living outside of Mexico.

“The lady said, ‘No, I’m sorry, you need to have a U.S. ID or a state ID,” Ascension told Sahan Journal. Ascension did not get the name of the employee who turned her away.