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NYC Care is a health care access program launched in 2019 by New York City, with the stated goal of providing "universal health care" in the city. [1] As of fiscal year 2021, enrollment had increased to 69,000 people; in fiscal year 2022, enrollment passed 100,000 people. [ 2 ]
Many undocumented immigrants delay or do not get necessary health care, which is related to their barriers to health insurance coverage. [7]According to study conducted using data from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey, of the Mexicans and other Latinos surveyed, undocumented immigrants had the lowest rates of health insurance and healthcare usage and were the youngest in age overall ...
In 2016, the agency served over 74,000 clients - over fifty per cent of whom were immigrants. NYLAG has 150 community offices located in courts, hospitals, and community- based organizations in all five boroughs of New York City, Long Island and Westchester and Rockland Counties.
“In 2016, an estimated 775,000 undocumented immigrants made up 18 percent of Florida’s immigrant population and 4 percent of the state population,” according to the council.
Two nonprofits serving New Jersey's immigrant and low-income communities have formed a unique partnership to offer medical and legal services along with wraparound support under one roof.
Section 153 of the Federal Immigration Act of 1990 provides Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) to undocumented children who (1) are under 21, (2) are unmarried, (3) have been abandoned, neglected or abused by at least one birth parent, (4) have been declared dependent on the juvenile court (often through a guardianship proceeding) or deemed eligible for long-term foster care, and (5) for ...
The Biden administration is considering a plan to protect from deportation undocumented immigrants who are the spouses of U.S. citizens and get them access to work permits, according to two ...
In the year 2000, immigrants' healthcare costs comprised 8.5% of total expenditures on medical care in the United States, while undocumented immigrants' costs were estimated to be approximately 1.5%. [ 33 ] [ 29 ] Lower costs and degrees of medical care usage may be attributable to existing barriers to care, better health outcomes as described ...