Barriers to health care services among US-based undocumented Latinx immigrants within the sociopolitical climate under the Trump administration: A comparative analysis between client experiences and provider perceptions

The effects of the global health crisis on us immigration policies: shifting political agenda-setting and the mobility crisis of immigrants

“…Immigration, incarceration, and deportation, as well as political rhetoric and perceived cultural stigma, can all prohibit immigrants from accessing healthcare during health crises. As of November 2021, the United States has 46.2 million immigrants (documented and undocumented), accounting for around 14.2 percent of the total population (Camarota and Zeigler 2021 ; Doshi et al 2022 ; Lechuga et al 2022 ). As the current administration of US President Joe Biden works toward an ‘equitable and compassionate’ immigration makeover, it is necessary to assess the influence of previous administrations and their introduced immigration policies/laws on the well-being of immigrants to inform equitable reformations.…”

“…Significant research papers uncover evidence that national immigration policies perpetuate disparity in migrant populations’ access to healthcare and public support services. Even though various research studies utilize different methods and approaches that establish that any crisis period particularly impacts the immigrant communities severely, there are insufficient studies that specifically focus on the language, underlying tones, the rhetoric of the immigration bills, and congressional policymaking tendencies during health crises in the US and how that historically impacted the well-being of the immigrants (Adida et al 2020 ; Afzal 2021a , 2022 ; Alamillo et al 2019 ; Doshi et al 2022 ; Lechuga et al 2022 ).…”