This issue brief was drafted by Rachel Fabi with research assis­tance from Mohini Baner­jee, edited by Michael K. Gus­mano and Nancy Berlinger, and designed by Mohini Baner­jee. Spe­cial thanks to expert review­ers Evan A. Ashkin, MD, Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor of Fam­ily Med­i­cine, Uni­ver­sity of North Car­olina at Chapel Hill; Kate Bicego, Con­sumer Assis­tance Pro­gram Man­ager, Health […]

Access to health care for undoc­u­mented immi­grants in the U.S. is shaped by sev­eral poli­cies and pro­grams at the fed­eral state and local level. This issue brief pro­vides an overview of key fed­eral and state policies.

In this issue brief, we sum­ma­rize evi­dence regard­ing the use of health care ser­vices by undoc­u­mented immi­grants and the exist­ing bar­ri­ers to their use of health care.

In this issue brief, we sum­ma­rize evi­dence regard­ing what is known about the demo­graph­ics of undoc­u­mented immi­grants and the rea­sons they come to the United States.