Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened a hospital's funding if it fails to follow his executive order requiring it to seek immigration status from patients. The post ‘There will be consequences’: Texas governor threatens children’s hospital funding after doctor slams immigration question on patient form first appeared on Law & Crime.

An executive order issued by Abbott earlier this year directed Texas hospitals to ask patients if they are U.S. citizens, and begin collecting information about those who are not. The order, however does not specifically mandate patients to answer the question.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has threatened a children’s hospital with “consequences” after a doctor posted a viral TikTok telling patients they’re not legally obligated to tell a hospital their citizenship status.

Greg Abbott threatened to revoke government funding from a Houston children's hospital after one of its doctors went viral on TikTok for advising patients to skip a citizenship question on intake forms.

"Hey Texas Children’s Hospital & Baylor College of Medicine this doctor is putting your Medicaid & Medicare funding at risk. [You] better think twice & have crystal clear records," Abbott wrote.