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Immigration Reform for the 21st Century: Exploring Pathways to Safer and More Prosperous Communities

Join the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute for a conversation with Congressional leaders, migration policy experts, and advocates to discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead with implementing comprehensive immigration reform.

David Hayes-Bautista in Los Angeles Times: “COVID-19 vaccine inequities persist in L.A. County despite progress in underserved areas”

On top of an increased likelihood of exposure, Latinos also are less likely to have access to quality care due to long-entrenched structural inequities, “which is a recipe for not good things,” according to Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, a distinguished professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (Also: Yahoo).

UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Institute (LPPI) in azcentral: “Brnovich takes on Biden’s immigration policies in court in series of federal lawsuits”

A study published last week by UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Institute found that the implementation of the rule has created a “chill effect” among immigrant families that is expected to last for quite some time.

Arturo Vargas Bustamante & Sonja Diaz in The Commonwealth Fund: “Can Changing the Public Charge Rule Improve the Health and Lives of Children?”

Arturo Vargas Bustamante and Sonja Diaz of UCLA’s Latino Policy & Politics Institute argue that COVID-19 has made it even more important to increase immigrants’ trust and participation in public health benefit programs, including marketplace enrollment. Otherwise, immigrant families, they say, will not seek needed care, including COVID-19 vaccination and treatment.

David Hayes-Bautista in The Sacramento Bee: “COVID-19: Kings County saw a 90% Increase in Latino Immigrant Deaths in 2020”

“They work hard, have strong family values, don’t use welfare, are healthy, don’t drink, don’t smoke, etcetera — but for all that work ethic, they are very poorly rewarded. The harder Latinos work, the poorer they are, the less likely they are to have health insurance. They get punished for good behavior,” says Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, UCLA…

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