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Politico | "Targeting of legal immigrants threatens health sector"

Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, was interviewed by Politico.

Politico interview of Arturo Vargas Bustamante
May 31, 2025

Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, was interviewed by Politico about the demographics of the U.S. healthcare workforce.

“We’ve created fear and distrust of the health care system in the immigrant community even without enforcement,” said Arturo Vargas Bustamante, a professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. “This has big implications, including for mixed status households and U.S. citizen children, and it could be both costly and fatal.”

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