Health Concerns and Health Care Access of Latino “DREAMers”

Marissa Raymond-Flesch, M.D., M.P.H. Rachel Siemons Nadereh Pourat, Ph.D Ken Jacobs and Claire D. Brindis, Dr.P.H.

Young adults who are eligible for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program have significant mental health concerns and face profound barriers to health care access.

Young immigrants without documentation who qualify for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program are eligible for temporary legal status but  excluded from the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion and Health Care Exchanges. Little is known about this population’s health or access to care.

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