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Immigration policies can make the difference between life and death for newborn US children

  • Written by Maria Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University
An immigrant woman shows the footprints of her daughter who was born in the in the U.S.AP Photo/Eric Gay

The health of children born to unauthorized immigrants – who are U.S. citizens – is affected by local and federal immigration policies. There are as many as 4 million children who have at least one parent who is undocumented.

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