A tale of two crises: The compounded effect of COVID-19 and anti-immigration policy in the United States.

Luz M Garcini Melanie M Domenech RodríguezAlfonso MercadoManuel Paris

Published in: Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy (2020)

The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting some important sources of health disparities that assail our society's most vulnerable people, particularly undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers. The focus of this commentary is on uncovering those sources of health disparities and making a call for action. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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