CHICAGO (WLS) -- Immigration enforcement is continuing to affect life-saving health care in Chicago.

Many health safety net organizations in the city are reporting the situation is bleak, with missed appointments skyrocketing, and some communities afraid to seek care even for deadly health conditions, but health care providers also say they're working to eliminate that climate of fear.

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Steph Willding, the CEO of CommunityHealth, says the anxiety for many people is crippling.

"They don't necessarily want to travel even a few blocks to come and get health care because they're worried, they'll never go home again," Willding said. "And so we're really trying to manage how we can communicate to our patients of the ways we're trying to

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