Physicians and Surgeons Guide" (published 1988) Immigration issues Cosman appeared frequently with host Mark Edwards of "Wake Up America". She provided the medical legal data for "Hold Their Feet to the Fire," a project of Americans for Legal Immigration, which countered high levels of unskilled immigration and naturalization. The same stance to such policy attracted more Congress members during the Obama presidency, a stance shared by political opponent Donald Trump who won the 2016 presidential election. Criticism Critics have objected that many of her controversial claims on immigration and medicine are untrue. A reporter on Lou Dobbs' CNN program had cited as facts Cosman's claims that there were, over three years, 7000 cases of leprosy in the United States and that many of them were the result of illegal immigrants bringing the disease into the country, when the statistics show the number was for a 30-year period and shows no correlation to immigration. Dobbs has since rejected the claims as unsubstantiated. Cosman was also accused of anti-Mexican bias. For example, railing against criminals from the immigrant community, she made the following ominous warning: "Recognize that most of these bastards molest girls under age twelve, some as young as age five, others age three. Although, of course, some specialize in boys, some specialize in nuns, some are exceedingly versatile and rape little girls age eleven and women up to age seventy-nine." Death Cosman died in Escondido, California. The cause was complications of scleroderma, a chronic disease of the connective tissue. References Barnard College alumni City College of New York faculty Hunter College alumni Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law alumni Medical law 1937 births 2006 deaths 20th-century American lawyers Deaths from scleroderma