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Podcast: A Health Podyssey
Episode: Many US Citizen Migrant Children Living In Mexico Have Inadequate Health Coverage
Description: Children born in the United States are born US citizens. Some of these children are born to immigrant parents who returned to their country of origin, either voluntarily or because they were deported.In 2015, more than half a million US citizen children lived in Mexico having returned with their parents. These children may face language and school adjustments, stressful living arrangements and economic and heath challenges. Fewer than half of them report holding Mexican citizenship, complicating their access to health and social services.The well-being of US citizen children living in Mexico is the topic...