Immigration enforcement and mixed-status families: The effects of risk of deportation on Medicaid use
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As Congress priorities the immigration debate on increased border security, the fate of an estimated 11 million undocumented citizens remains uncertain. Stuck in between partisan politics and practical solutions are mixed-status families in which some members of the family are U.S. citizens while other members are in the country without proper authorization. This paper, examines the relationship between risk of deportation and Medicaid use drawing from a nationally sample of mothers from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Survey. These data are then merged with data from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to create a contextual risk of deportation measure. Findings suggest that an increase in risk of deportation is associated with a decrease in Medicaid use. The implications of this work have tremendous impacts for health service providers and policy makers interested in preventing and reducing health disparities in complex family structures.
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- Authors
- Vargas, E. D.
- Affiliations
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Corresponding author
- Vargas, Edward D.
- ORCID
- Vargas, Edward D.
- Venue
- Children and Youth Services Review
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-10
- Volume
- 57
- Pages
- 83-89
- ISSN
- 0190-7409 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4592159
- OpenAlex
- W1040264297
- Cited by
- 111
- References
- 30
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 8.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Children and Youth Services Review (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (K12HD055894, T32HD049302)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Healthcare Policy and Management
- Social Sciences › Health › Migration, Racism, and Human Rights
- Keywords
- immigration enforcement, mixed-status families, undocumented immigrants, maternal health, health disparities, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, border security
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