Public policies play a crucial role in sha** how immigrants adapt to life in the United
States. Federal, state, and local laws and administrative practices impact immigrants' access …

Background Migration health research pays little attention to the places into which people
migrate. Studies on health effects of contextual factors are often limited because of the ability …

Exclusionary attitudes—prejudice toward outgroups and opposition to policies that promote
their well-being—are presenting challenges to democratic societies worldwide. Drawing on …

We study the effects of Secure Communities, an immigration enforcement program that
dramatically increased interior removals of Hispanic noncitizens from the United States, on …

Abstract Youth in the United States are experiencing mental health concerns at alarming
rates. Considering the nation's legacy of racism and growing recognition of the impact of …

The national context of deportation threat, defined as the federal government's approach to
deportation and/or deportation's salience to the US public, fluctuated between 2011 and …

Abstract Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is the first large-scale immigration
policy to affect undocumented immigrants in the United States in decades and offers eligible …

Importance Current US immigration policy targets immigrants from Mexico and other Latin
American countries; anti-immigration rhetoric has possible implications for the US-born …

The USA is home to more immigrants than any other country—about 46 million, just less
than a fifth of the world's immigrants. Immigrant health and access to health care in the USA …

This paper studies human capital responses to the availability of the Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which provides temporary work authorization and …