Webpage: CDC COVID-19 Info in Spanish
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This is the CDC’s webpage for COVID-19 information in Spanish.
DACA Updates During the Coronavirus Crisis
Informed Immigrant
This page provides information and updates related to DACA during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Latino Community in the Time of COVID-19: Prospects for an Equitable Recovery One Year Later
UnidosUS (July 26, 2021)
This report provides an assessment of the unmet policy needs for the Latino community, including immigrant, in the U.S. in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in order to work toward an equitable recovery.
COVID-19 Vaccine Fact Sheet
Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) (April 15, 2021)
These fact sheets in English and Spanish provide information about COVID-19 testing, treatment, and vaccines regardless of immigration status.
Practice Alert: Temporary Changes to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in Response to COVID-19
Peggy Gleason & Ariel Brown, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (May 27, 2020)
This brief provides all updates to USCIS services during COVID-19 pandemic.
Five Ways to Help Ensure Pandemic-EBT Reaches Immigrant Families
Madison Allen, CLASP (May 7, 2020)
Given school closures across the country, Congress created Pandemic-EBT (P-EBT) to meet the nutrition needs of students who received free or reduced lunch. P-EBT is a critical resource for immigrant families who will not receive government stimulus checks. Government agencies need to target immigrant communities to spread the word and benefit of P-EBT.
USCIS Response to Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19): Public Charge Alert
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
USCIS announced that immigrants with potential COVID-19 symptoms are able to seek necessary medical treatment or preventative services and it will not affect their admissibility under Public Charge. This includes access to testing, screening, treatment, or vaccines for communicable diseases, including COVID-19.
Trump’s Executive Order on Halting Immigration Due to COVID-19
CNN Politics (April 22, 2020)
This article includes the full executive order that President Trump recently signed. This executive order temporarily halts immigration to the U.S. and suspends new immigrant visas to the United States for 60 days.
Immigrant Eligibility for Public Programs During COVID-19
Protecting Immigrant Families (April 6, 2020)
This table of information shows what programs immigrants are eligible for during coronavirus and implications for public charge rules.
U.S. Latinos Among Hardest Hit by Pay Cuts, Job Losses Due to Coronavirus
This research brief shows that Latinos in the United States have either suffered a job loss or pay cut or have had someone in their household suffer a job loss or pay cuts due to COVID-19.
Ways to Promote Children’s Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jessica Dym Bartlett & Rebecca Vivrette, Child Trends (April 3, 2020)
This practice resources highlights ways that parents and caregivers can promote children’s resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic to help protect them from the trauma that can ensue which affects their development and well-being.
The COVID-19 Pandemic is Straining Families’ Abilities to Afford Basic Needs: Low-Income and Hispanic Families the Hardest Hit
Michael Karpman, Stephen Zuckerman, Dulce Gonzalez, & Genevieve M. Kenney, Urban Institute (April, 2020)
The Urban Institute surveyed adults across the country to understand the impact of COVID-19 and found that low-income and people of color have been hit the hardest.
Snapshot of the COVID Crisis Impact on Working Families
Elizabeth O. Ananat & Anna Gassman-Pines, Barnard College, Columbia University and Sanford School of Public Policy, & Duke University (March 30, 2020)
This article provides data on how the COVID-19 outbreak has affected working families.
Crisis Within a Crisis: Immigration in the United States in a Time of COVID-19
Muzaffar Chishti & Sarah Pierce, Migration Policy Institute (March 26, 2020)
With the outbreak of COVID-19, the intersection of U.S. immigration and public health policy has gained much attention. In this article, the authors discuss how the Trump administration has put a series of measures in place in response to the outbreak that affect immigrants and immigration.
Ensuring Young Children Have Healthy Meals During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Rebecca Ullrich, CLASP (March 23, 2020)
This factsheet provides information on the nutrition provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
