The consequences of separating parents from children can include causing or exacerbating mental health problems such as depressive or anxiety disorders.
Living in the Shadows
California counties must offer a minimum of very low-cost health services to uninsured, low-income residents who do not qualify for subsidized health insurance and cannot pay for private insurance.
A Mexican-American woman decided to convert her house into a health insurance registration center. Could this be a model strategy to sign up more Latinos?
Exhausted from the burden of her age and diabetes, Juana now pays more attention to the news. She recently learned of a California proposal to offer health insurance to people who are undocumented.
While children show different responses to early trauma, experts say that research shows that witnessing a parent's arrest or deportation leads to a complex series of problems.
Fresno County was obligated to provide care to everyone who needed it, regardless of their immigration status. Now a judge has determined that the county no longer has to offer them medical services.
Six news organizations team up with the Center for Health Journalism to highlight the interplay between immigration status and health.