When parents deported, kids often land in foster care, By Perla Trevizo, October 4, 2015, Arizona Daily Star: “When parents in this country illegally are detained or deported, their children often are left behind — and some end up in state custody. Because of a lack of uniformity across agencies and across states, the outcome of each case depends largely on individual attorneys, caseworkers, judges and even detention centers…”
Tag: Immigrants
Immigrants and Health Insurance Coverage – California
For those in California illegally, health services vary greatly by county, By Soumya Karlamangla, June 11, 2015, Los Angeles Times: “Margarita Vasquez lacked health insurance and couldn’t afford an eye operation to ward off blindness. But under a Los Angeles County program that extends healthcare services to poor residents who are in the country illegally, the 64-year-old underwent surgery earlier this year and can now see clearly. ‘It saved me,’ she said. An hour’s drive to the east, in the flatlands of the Inland Empire, Sujey Becerra wasn’t as fortunate…”
Immigrants and Health Insurance Coverage – California
Calif. has novel view of health care for undocumented immigrants, By Anna Gorman, January 17, 2015, USA Today: “Angel Torres hasn’t been to the doctor since coming to the United States illegally more than two decades ago. But now, his vision is getting blurry and he frequently feels tired. Torres, 51, worries he might have diabetes like his brothers. ‘Time is passing,’ he said in Spanish. ‘I need to get checked out.’ Torres is in luck. He lives in California, which has a dramatically different approach to health care for undocumented immigrants than most other states…”