Homeless dumping continued to be an issue in the United States into the 21st century. University of California Los Angeles professor Abel (2011) claimed that these policy interventions have not been effective because the United States' health care system is too heavily influenced by the patients ability to pay. In the early 21st century, illegal immigrants were reportedly subject to patient dumping by being deported or repatriated. Research articles also describe dumping of homeless individuals or mentally ill individuals by police as another form of inappropriately shifting people from one area of a city to another instead of taking them to adequate care facilities like shelters. In September 2014, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights issued a report entitled "Patient Dumping".U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Patient Dumping (September 2014).
