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Why Immigration Detention Hurts Minds and Bodies

On paper, immigration detention is about border control. In practice, it’s a public health emergency.A new systematic review in PLOS Global Public Health brings human voices to a global problem: how detention erodes the physical and mental health of asylum seekers and refugees long after they’re released. Drawing on 20 qualitative studies across seven countries, […]

Health equity

Only 2 in 10 Migrants Feel Safe Seeking Care

Last spring in Phoenix, a community clinic reported a sharp decline in migrant families bringing in their children for routine care. The reason wasn’t a sudden improvement in health. It was fear. Parents worried that seeking care would expose them—or their loved ones—to immigration authorities. This example illustrates a broader reality. Migrants make up over […]

Policy

Immigration Policy a Public Health Threat?

What if the next major threat to public health wasn’t a virus—but a policy? Not something spread through the air, but through the pen of a president. Not a biological pathogen, but a political one—fueled by racism, cloaked in bureaucracy, and deadly in its consequences. That’s the argument emerging from a powerful new commentary that […]

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Why Immigration Detention Hurts Minds and Bodies

Only 2 in 10 Migrants Feel Safe Seeking Care

Immigration Policy a Public Health Threat?

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