Immigrants, Health Inequities, and Social Citizenship in Covid-19 Response and Recovery

The novel coronavirus pandemic has starkly revealed the vulnerabilities of low-wage immigrants, immigrant-led households, and immigrant communities to coronavirus infection, severe Covid-19 illness, and economic fallout from pandemic. This public health emergency compounds pre-existing social inequalities and resulting health inequities associated with immigrant status and immigration policy priorities. Structural barriers to health care access and… Read more The post Immigrants, Health Inequities, and Social Citizenship in Covid-19 Response and Recovery appeared first on The Hastings Center.
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