Changing immigration policies negatively impact undocumented students, new UC study says
Changing immigration policies negatively impact undocumented students, new UC study says
- February 26, 2021
- Laura Enriquez, Chicano/Latino studies, KABC 30, Feb. 26, 2021 (Video)
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"28% of undocumented students and 30% of U.S. citizens with undocumented parents are sort of expressing anxiety and or depressive symptoms at that clinical level, compared to 21% of U.S. citizens with lawfully present parents," said Laura Enriquez, the lead principal investigator of the immigration study and associate professor, [Chicano/Latino studies] at UC Irvine. … "A lot of the conversations that we had with students was very much about the inability to plan and to move forward," Professor Enriquez said.
For the full story, please visit https://abc30.com/education/changing-immigration-policies-negatively-impact-undocumented-students-new-study-says/10373886/.
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