Search Results - "Melo, Milena A."

Familial Vulnerability: Legal Status and Mental Health within Mixed-Status Families by Logan, Ryan I., Melo, Milena A., Castañeda, Heide

“…Mental and emotional well-being are intimately entangled with immigration status, personal relationships, and the broader political environment. Drawing on…”
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Geographies of Confinement for Immigrant Youth: Checkpoints and Immobilities along the US/Mexico Border by Castañeda, Heide, Melo, Milena A.

“…The containment of immigrants along the US/Mexico border illuminates the complex spatial implications associated with the securitization of migration…”
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Unrequited Engagement: Misadventures in Advocating for Medicaid Expansion by Brunson, Emily K., Mulligan, Jessica M., Andaya, Elise, Melo, Milena A., Sered, Susan

“…This essay turns an ethnographic gaze upon one of the major benefits of the Affordable Care Act: expanding Medicaid to low-income adults, and has a second aim…”
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Access to healthcare for “undocumented citizens” in the Rio Grande Valley by Melo, Milena A

“…The argument this research paper attempts to establish is that undocumented citizens have very little access to healthcare free from barriers that the United…”
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Access to healthcare for "undocumented citizens" in the Rio Grande Valley by Melo, Milena A

“…The argument this research paper attempts to establish is that undocumented citizens have very little access to healthcare free from barriers that the United…”
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