Department of Social Welfare, Luskin School of Public Affairs and Center for Health Policy Research, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Department of Public Health, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, University of California Merced, 5200 Lake Road, Merced, CA, 95343, USA.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2023 Oct;25(5):1077-1084. doi: 10.1007/s10903-023-01460-x. Epub 2023 Mar 1.
Although exclusionary immigration policies are associated with fear of deportation and avoidance of public benefits, relationships between immigration enforcement policy and public charge policies are largely unknown. Using a California population-based survey of 1103 Asian and Latinx immigrants in 2018, we tested the relationship between immigrants' experiences with law enforcement and their concern about public charge. Direct encounters with various forms of law enforcement, including being asked to show proof of citizenship by law enforcement, staying inside to avoid police or immigration officials, and having known someone who had been deported, were associated with immigrants' avoidance of public benefits due to public charge concerns. Latinx immigrants were more likely to be concerns about public charge than Asians. Intersections among immigration policies deserve further consideration. There is a need to provide accurate and reliable information to immigrant communities about public benefits and advocate for inclusive immigration policies.
尽管排外的移民政策会引起人们对被驱逐出境和避免享受公共福利的担忧，但移民执法政策和公共负担政策之间的关系在很大程度上尚不清楚。本研究使用 2018 年加利福尼亚州一项针对 1103 名亚裔和拉丁裔移民的基于人群的调查，检验了移民执法经历与公共负担担忧之间的关系。与执法部门的直接接触，包括被执法部门要求出示公民身份证明、为避免警察或移民官员而躲在家里、以及认识被驱逐出境的人，这些都与移民因公共负担担忧而避免享受公共福利有关。拉丁裔移民比亚裔移民更担心公共负担问题。移民政策的交叉问题值得进一步考虑。需要向移民社区提供有关公共福利的准确和可靠信息，并倡导包容的移民政策。
