Public policies play a crucial role in shaping how immigrants adapt to life in the United
States. Federal, state, and local laws and administrative practices impact immigrants' access …

Approximately 4.5 million US citizen children live in mixed-status families, in which at least 1
family member is an unauthorized migrant and therefore vulnerable to detention and …

A framework termed “the citizenship shield” is introduced to conceptualize how legal
protections buffer against negative health outcomes among Latinx immigrants in the United …

This study examined the relationship between the fear of deportation and perceptions of law
enforcement, the criminal justice system, and the willingness to report crimes among Latinos …

Traditionally, the literature has sought to understand the impact of racial minority status and
trauma as it relates to interpersonal violence, domestic violence, and sexual assault. What …

This manuscript examines how personally knowing a deportee and/or undocumented
immigrant affects the mental health of Latina/o adults. Utilising a new survey sponsored by …

Extraordinary increases in refugee and voluntary migration have recently been observed in
many European and North American countries. At the same time, negative attitudes toward …

Abstract We used Allport's (1954) intergroup contact theory as a framework to test the
effectiveness of 2 vicarious contact interventions on improving attitudes toward …

This study examined the relationship between acculturation and Latinos' perceptions of
health care treatment quality, discrimination, and access to health information. The results of …

Despite its recent slowdown, immigration from Latin America continues to be a controversial
issue. Some scholars argue that the social climate is increasingly inhospitable to Latinos …