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Opinion and Commentary: To improve public health, the entanglement between local sheriffs and ICE agents must end
But studies show that, for immigrant families, the presence of policing, arrests and deportations in their communities does not go hand-in-hand with good physical or mental health. It is destructive to their well-being.
Author
Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young, PhD, MPH
Faculty Associate, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research