Center in the News
May 14, 2025
KNX News (97.1 FM)
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research affiliate Maria-Elena Young was interviewed about Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposal to no longer provide Medi-Cal health insurance for undocumented immigrants in Calfornia.
Maria-Elena Young
Feb 08, 2025
Chicago Tribune (paywall)
Maria-Elena Young, a faculty associate at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and assistant professor of public health at UC Merced, provided context on how President Trump’s immigration policies can add paranoia to every aspect of life for people without U.S. citizenship. “The way our immigration laws work in this country is that they function essentially to criminalize (noncitizen) peoples’ day-to-day activities.”
Maria-Elena Young
Aug 18, 2022
Merced Sun-Star
But studies show that, for immigrant families, the presence of policing, arrests and deportations in their communities does not go hand-in-hand with good physical or mental health. It is destructive to their well-being.
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Maria-Elena Young