The authors explore the health barriers and vulnerabilities of undocumented immigrants during the coronavirus pandemic, reveal the gaps in the Covid-19 relief bills and consider the implications for immigrant children.
This brief is part of a series on the impact of Covid-19 on vulnerable families. The other reports focus on low-income mothers; the effects of parental stress on the developing brains of children; and resettled refugees in the U.S.
July 8, 2020, 10:16 a.m.
Christopher F. Kulesza, Ph.D., is a scholar for the Child Health Policy Program, where he carries out research in child and community health policy. His current research project focuses on the influences of built and social neighborhood environments on health …
Rachel Tolbert Kimbro, Ph.D., is the dean of social sciences at Rice University, where she is also the director of the Urban Health Program at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research and a Rice scholar at the Baker Institute. Her …
