"Which Clinic? Pre-Covid or Post-Covid?": Immigration Policy Uncertainty, Immigrant Serving Organization, and the Response to COVID-19.
J Immigr Minor Health
; 24(4): 862-867, 2022 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1739387
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
This article examines how immigration policy uncertainty during the Trump presidency shaped how immigrant serving organizations (ISOs) responded to the needs of immigrant community members in the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic.METHODS:
We draw on semi-structured interviews conducted over the summer of 2020 with 31 directors and program coordinators of ISOs and health clinics in three southern states (KY, NC, SC).RESULTS:
Responding to anti-immigrant policies laid the groundwork for organizations to respond quickly and nimbly to COVID-19 related upheavals. However, organizational flexibility may signal organizational precarity, especially given the long-term impacts of both Trump administration immigration policies and the COVID-19 pandemic.DISCUSSION:
Our findings underline how ISOs facilitate access to health and social services for immigrant families. Our findings suggest that this organizational adaptability may signal a relationship between organizational precarity and immigration policy uncertainty that could have an impact well beyond the pandemic.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Emigrants and Immigrants
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Qualitative research
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Immigr Minor Health
Journal subject:
Social Sciences
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Public Health
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S10903-022-01348-2
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