“Migration, Health & Work– Facts Behind the Myths” is our site of the day - California Progress Report

“The University of California Office of the President, UC Berkeley and Los Angeles Schools of Public Health, the Health Initiative of the Americas (HIA) at UCLA California, Los Angeles, and the Center for Health Policy Research have released a report, “Migration, Health & Work– Facts Behind the Myths” that is a binational collaborative work between them and the Mexican Secretariat of Health. It was funded by the California Endowment.

This 31 page report first presents data on the trends and overall characteristics of Mexican immigrants. It documents that Mexican immigrants arrive in the U.S. largely during their prime working ages and in good health, but live with low incomes. Working for low wages means they must reside in neighborhoods with scarce public investment and that often suffer high levels of violence.”*

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