Latinx immigrants endure stressors throughout the immigration process that detrimentally impact their health and wellbeing while also facing substantial barriers to accessing and utilizing services. These barriers might be heightened under the Trump administration, which has implemented policies facilitating increased immigration enforcement and punitive immigration practices.
A study by Swetha Nulu, Monica Faulkner and Beth Gerlach from the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing uses data collected from providers serving Latinx immigrants in Texas to better understand current immigrant service utilization behaviors. Read “Climate of fear: Provider perceptions of Latinx immigrant service utilization,” published in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.