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3 weeks ago | 
kff.org | Drishti Pillai |Samantha Artiga |Matthew Rae
Immigrants and their children form a growing share of the U.S. population and, as of 2023, there were over 47 million immigrants residing in the country, accounting for 14% of the total population. Regardless of their countries of birth, about three in four (77%) immigrant adults say they moved to the U.S. for a better future for their children.
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2 months ago | 
kff.org | Samantha Artiga |Drishti Pillai |Jennifer Tolbert |Akash Pillai
Confusion persists about immigrants’ eligibility for federal programs, with about half or more of U.S. adults and immigrants adults saying they are unsure or incorrectly believe that most immigrants to the U.S. are eligible to enroll in federal health insurance programs, including Medicaid, as soon as they arrive to the U.S. Eligibility for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is limited to citizens and certain lawfully present immigrants.
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2 months ago | 
kff.org | Akash Pillai |Drishti Pillai |Samantha Artiga
President Trump has made a slew of immigration policy changes focused on restricting entry at the border and increasing interior enforcement efforts to support mass deportation. These include rescinding protections against enforcement action in previously protected areas such as health care facilities and schools.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
kff.org | Drishti Pillai |Samantha Artiga
Title 42 of the Public Health Services Act is a public health authority that authorizes the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to suspend entry of individuals into the U.S. to protect public health. This rarely utilized authority was implemented by the Trump administration in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to allow for quick expulsion of migrants, including asylum seekers, seeking entry into the U.S. at the land borders.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
kff.org | Drishti Pillai |Akash Pillai |Samantha Artiga
One in four children aged 18 and under living in the U.S. has at least one immigrant parent. Policies that may be implemented under the incoming Trump administration could have significant implications for these children, the vast majority of whom are citizens.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
kff.org | Drishti Pillai |Samantha Artiga
Note: This content was updated on January 6, 2025, to reflect recent court decisions regarding the ACA coverage expansion to DACA recipients. Immigration was a central campaign issue during the 2024 Presidential election with President-elect Trump vowing to take strict action to restrict both lawful and unlawful immigration into the U.S. Such actions would have stark impacts on the health and well-being of immigrant families as well as major economic consequences for the nation.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
kff.org | Nambi J. Ndugga |Drishti Pillai |Samantha Artiga
How we ask for, analyze, and report information on race and ethnicity affects our ability to understand the racial and ethnic composition of our nation’s population and our ability to identify and address racial disparities in health and health care. The accuracy and precision of such data have important implications for identifying needs and directing resources and efforts to address those needs.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
kff.org | Drishti Pillai |Samantha Artiga
On May 3, 2024, the Biden-Harris Administration published new regulations extending eligibility for Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace coverage to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
kff.org | Akash Pillai |Drishti Pillai |Samantha Artiga |Robin Rudowitz
The U.S territories – American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) – have faced an array of longstanding fiscal and health challenges that were exacerbated by somewhat recent natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic. Over 1.7 million people residing in the territories were enrolled in Medicaid in fiscal year (FY) 2023.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
kff.org | Nambi J. Ndugga |Drishti Pillai |Samantha Artiga
Extreme weather events used to be once in a century occurrences, but due to climate change, they have increased in both intensity and frequency. Hurricane Helene has claimed over 200 lives and is the deadliest hurricane to hit the continental U.S. since Hurricane Katrina. It is also projected to be one of the most expensive storms to hit the country. Hurricane Milton is one of the worst storms to hit Florida in over 100 years.
