While much of the policy language focused on policing and immigration enforcement, the authors found a correlation between supportive sanctuary policy content and “language explicitly intended to promote immigrants’ health and well-being.”
Overall, the findings indicated that not all sanctuary policies were created equal. Antidiscrimination and inclusion language, the authors found, may confer increased or more direct benefits to health than policy text focused on policing and governing.
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Behind the Pages: July 2021 Issue on Borders, Immigrants & Health
Health Affairs' Senior Editors Leslie Erdelack and Jessica Bylander discuss the publication process and research insights from Health Affairs' July 2021 theme issue on borders, immigrants, and health.
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