Health consequences of the US Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration programme: a quasi-experimental study

Summary: Background: The effects of changes in immigration policy on health outcomes among undocumented immigrants are not well known. We aimed to examine the physical and mental health effects of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme, a 2012 US immigration policy that provide...

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Main Authors: Atheendar S Venkataramani, DrMD, Sachin J Shah, MD, Rourke O'Brien, PhD, Ichiro Kawachi, ProfPhD, Alexander C Tsai, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-04-01
Series:The Lancet Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468266717300476