Community health equity research & policy
Legal Violence as a Structural Determinant of Health in U.S. Immigration Governance.
Juan Carlos Ruiz Malagon, Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga, Alonso R Reyna Rivarola, Amy Argenal, Anne Elizabeth Berens
Published: 202610.1177/2752535X261418333
Abstract
Legal violence is a structural determinant of health in U.S. immigration governance. This essay examines how the shift from civil to criminal enforcement-marked by surveillance, detention, and deportation-inflicts systemic harm on undocumented immigr…
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