Insuring the Uninsured: Where Should Undocumented Immigrants Stand
The United States has maintained a tolerate-hate relationship with undocumented immigrants, and really immigrants in general. According to Pedraza and Rumbaut (1996) history has shown that their presence is necessary for economic development, especially in the labor workforce that has remained undesirable to native residents. However as Hilfinger-Messias, McEwen, and Boyle (2015) explain, more often then not when immigrants become increasingly visible in society nativism resurfaces exclusionary tendencies, and immigration policies become increasingly prohibitive and strict, especially when the U.S. economy is unstable. Even with regulations restricting illegal immigration Pedraza & Rumbaut (1996) highlight undocumented workers continue to arrive in hopes of …show more content…
(2010, June). The Medicaid costs of legalizing illegal aliens [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.cis.org/sites/cis.org/files/articles/2010/medicaid-costs.pdf
Edward, J. (2014). Undocumented immigrants and access to health care: Making a case for policy reform. Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice, 15(1/2), 5-14. doi:10.1177/1527154414532694
Hilfinger-Messias, D. K., McEwen, M. M., & Clark, L. (2015). The impact and implications of undocumented immigration on individual and collective health in the United States. Nursing Outlook, 63(1), 86-94 9p. doi:10.1016/j.outlook.2014.11.004
Jerome-D 'Emilia, B., & Suplee, P. D. (2012). The ACA and the Undocumented. American Journal Of Nursing, 112(4), 21-27 7p.
Medicaid.gov. (n.d.). Affordable Care Act. Retrieved from https://www.medicaid.gov/affordablecareact/affordable-care-act.html
Pedraza, S., Rumbaut, R. (1996). Origins and destinies: Immigration, race, and ethnicity in America. Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing.
Pew Research Center. (2009, April). Demographic and family characteristics. Retrieved from
The United States has maintained a tolerate-hate relationship with undocumented immigrants, and really immigrants in general. According to Pedraza and Rumbaut (1996) history has shown that their presence is necessary for economic development, especially in the labor workforce that has remained undesirable to native residents. However as Hilfinger-Messias, McEwen, and Boyle (2015) explain, more often then not when immigrants become increasingly visible in society nativism resurfaces exclusionary tendencies, and immigration policies become increasingly prohibitive and strict, especially when the U.S. economy is unstable. Even with regulations restricting illegal immigration Pedraza & Rumbaut (1996) highlight undocumented workers continue to arrive in hopes of …show more content…
(2010, June). The Medicaid costs of legalizing illegal aliens [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.cis.org/sites/cis.org/files/articles/2010/medicaid-costs.pdf
Edward, J. (2014). Undocumented immigrants and access to health care: Making a case for policy reform. Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice, 15(1/2), 5-14. doi:10.1177/1527154414532694
Hilfinger-Messias, D. K., McEwen, M. M., & Clark, L. (2015). The impact and implications of undocumented immigration on individual and collective health in the United States. Nursing Outlook, 63(1), 86-94 9p. doi:10.1016/j.outlook.2014.11.004
Jerome-D 'Emilia, B., & Suplee, P. D. (2012). The ACA and the Undocumented. American Journal Of Nursing, 112(4), 21-27 7p.
Medicaid.gov. (n.d.). Affordable Care Act. Retrieved from https://www.medicaid.gov/affordablecareact/affordable-care-act.html
Pedraza, S., Rumbaut, R. (1996). Origins and destinies: Immigration, race, and ethnicity in America. Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing.
Pew Research Center. (2009, April). Demographic and family characteristics. Retrieved from