Changing immigration policies negatively impact undocumented students, new UC study says
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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A new study conducted by the University of California shows changing immigration policies negatively affect a wider group of students than previously known.
Researchers surveyed 1,800 students across nine UC campuses and found undocumented students and students with mixed-status families are more likely to have a lower GPA and experience mental health disorders than U.S. citizen students whose parents have lawful immigration status.
"28% of undocumented students and 30% of U.S. citizens with undocumented parents are sort of expressing anxiety and or depressive symptoms at that clinical level, compared to 21% of U.S. citizens with lawfully present parents," said Laura Enriquez, the lead principal investigator of the immigration study and associate professor at UC Irvine.