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August 2026 Jordan Herring, Carlos E. Rodriguez-Diaz,
In 2018, proposed changes to the public charge rule—amid intensified anti-immigrant rhetoric and heterogeneous local immigration enforcement—were widely publicized. More
August 2025 Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young, Danielle M. Crookes, Sarina Rodriguez, Fabiola Perez-Lua, Ninez A. Ponce, Alexander N. Ortega,
Federal and state immigration policies influence access to health insurance for Latino populations. Local jurisdictions also have immigration-related policymaking power, but there has been limited study of their influence on health care access. We examined the relationship between county-level immigration policy contexts and health insurance coverage of Latino adults and youth in California using two measures that capture local-level policy decisions and immigration policy–related social inequity. More
