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The Latino Legislative Caucus has proposed legislation to protect the immigrant community in California, including two key bills focused on healthcare settings.
These measures are designed to take immediate effect if signed into law.
Private foster care and adoption agencies in Texas are brokering contracts for moms to turn over their children in a murky legal world, spawning protracted civil custody battles.
Immigration raids in SoCal trigger fear, absenteeism and trauma among Latino students, disrupting school life and prompting calls for legal and mental health support.
With escalating immigration enforcement activity in Los Angeles, undocumented immigrants are choosing to avoid public spaces for fear of encountering enforcement agents. This fear has extended to healthcare clinics where doctors are reporting that patients are canceling their appointments or not showing up for them.
The increasing number of Immigration raids have sown fear in the migrant community. Many like Alicia Romo are afraid to step out of their homes for fear of encountering enforcement agents.
G.H, a 51 year old immigrant applying for legal status, fears that the coming healthcare policy changes might impact her ability to afford the medical care she needs. California, facing its own budget crisis, has already scaled back parts of its Medi-Cal expansion program, and along with the federal spending bill, people like G.H. might find themselves excluded from getting basic healthcare needs met.
With much misinformation prevailing across immigrant communities about autism, Vietnamese parents raising children with Autism Spectrum Disorder face a number of significant challenges rooted in cultural beliefs, social stigma, and limited access to resources and services.
For many Asian immigrant women, a combination of career opportunities, immigration anxieties, and the loss of nearby family support is reshaping how and when they choose to pursue childbirth— sometimes with irreversible consequences.
Montcalm County Intermediate School District was one of the subjects of a 2022 Detroit Free Press investigation over restraint and seclusion tactics used on students with disabilities.
