In 2019, Hispanics in the US had a life expectancy advantage of 3.0 years and 7.1 years
over non-Hispanic Whites and non-Hispanic Blacks, respectively, despite having real …

Health is an integral feature of immigration, providing not only insight into population health
but also a critical lens into immigrant integration and the power structure in receiving …

Background Undocumented immigrants face many barriers in accessing pregnancy care,
including language differences, implicit and explicit bias, limited or no insurance coverage …

Macro-level events such as elections can improve or harm population health across existing
axes of stratification through policy changes and signals of inclusion or threat. This study …

Abstract The United States deported nearly 400,000 unauthorized immigrants under the
Secure Communities (SC) interior immigration enforcement program between 2008 and …

In response to the intensification of immigration enforcement in the interior of the USA, some
school districts have implemented 'safe-zone'policies to protect students' academic …

Abstract Background The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program provides
temporary relief from deportation and work permits for previously undocumented immigrants …

Prior scholarship indicates that deportation threat significantly raises the risk of low infant
birthweight for babies born to immigrant women. Extending this work, we differentiate …

This paper evaluates the effect of positive and negative immigration policy shocks on infant
health outcomes in the US I examine changes in mean birth weight and the incidence of low …

This paper investigates the effects of restrictive immigration policies enacted in the US in
1921 and 1924 to explore the effects of immigration restrictions on recent immigrants using …