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Little is known about how federal and state immigrant policies influence well-being of immigrants and their families in rural and agricultural regions, such as the San Joaquin Valley. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, and immigrants continue to labor in vital sectors with limited safetynet support...

In our research brief, we describe the financial insecurity that Latino immigrants in rural California are encountering during the COVID-19 pandemic. Latino immigrant families in regions such as the San Joaquin and Imperial Valleys are paying a triple financial toll during the pandemic—at work, at...

In this paper, my colleagues and I present some of the first data on Asian and Latinx immigrants' direct encounters with law enforcement. We find that experiences such as racial profiling, seeing immigration officials in neighborhoods, and knowing someone deported are associated with delays in...

My research seeks to understand the impact of the US immigration system on the well-being of immigrants and their families. My studies and publications contribute to the growing evidence that immigrants who lack citizenship or legal status face unique barriers to health care and well-being and that...

Peer-reviewed journal articles Chen, L., Young, M.-E., Rodriguez, M., Kietzman, K. (2023) Immigrants’ Enforcement Experiences and Concern about Accessing Public Benefits or Services. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. Young, M.-E. , Tafolla, S., Saadi, A., Sudhinaraset, M., Chen, L., Pourat...

Who speaks for immigrants? Who creates knowledge about their lives and well-being? In the fall of 2020, students in PH 113 Latino and Immigrant Health constructed testimonios of people in their lives - family members, neighbors, friends - to listen to and share their stories. Here we share their...

States across the US possess a mix of policies that criminalize immigrants by regulating the “legality” or permissibility of their lives, putting day-to-day activities like working and driving under the surveillance and control of immigration enforcement, and those that are inclusive by expanding...

Fabiola Perez-Lua, MSPH is a Public Health Ph.D. student at UC Merced and coordinates the CLIMA Study. She grew up in an immigrant farmworker household in the Central Valley before heading to the University of California, Santa Barbara to complete her undergraduate studies in Biological Anthropology...