https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. In the United States, immigration status has long created hierarchies within our society, where some can participate fully in public life, while others are excluded. These divisions have serious consequences for our communities, including when it comes to public health. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-immigration-status-death-sentence-health.html Social Sciences Fri, 25 Jul 2025 06:56:05 EDT news672645361 Immigrants in the United States earn 10.6% less than similarly educated U.S.-born workers, largely because they are concentrated in lower-paying industries, occupations and companies, according to a major new study published in Nature, co-authored by a University of Massachusetts Amherst sociologist who studies equal opportunity in employment. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-expert-access-high-paying-jobs.html Economics & Business Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:00:30 EDT news671865287 Dr. Byeongdon Oh, Assistant Professor of Sociology—Social Justice & Change and Founding Director of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Research Center at SUNY Polytechnic Institute, has published a study exploring how immigration intersects with race and gender diversity in the U.S. STEM workforce. The article, titled "STEM Immigration and U.S. STEM Workforce Development at the Intersections of Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Immigration Status," is published in the journal Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-sociologist-impact-stem-immigration-inclusive.html Social Sciences Tue, 01 Jul 2025 08:07:03 EDT news670576022 During his first few months in office, President Donald Trump has been establishing a framework for deporting undocumented immigrants en masse. It's something he has previously vowed will be "the largest deportation operation in the history of our country." https://phys.org/news/2025-05-police-ice-agreements-undermine-safety.html Political science Sun, 01 Jun 2025 15:40:02 EDT news667816820 The Trump administration has repeatedly said it wants to deport as many people as possible. What that means for the estimated 8.3 million unauthorized immigrants in the American workforce is unclear. https://phys.org/news/2025-03-deportation-unauthorized-workers-exploitation-rights.html Political science Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:40:01 EDT news660832750 Since arriving in the United States four years ago, Alex has worked at a primary care office. He has witnessed firsthand how difficult it was for immigrants to access preventive care. https://phys.org/news/2025-02-immigrants-florida-citizens-health-passage.html Social Sciences Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:49:09 EST news659620143 A major new study has found that most people in the United States are not in favor of detaining sick, undocumented immigrants who reach interior border checkpoints, but do support detention after medical treatment is complete. https://phys.org/news/2025-02-americans-oppose-detaining-sick-undocumented.html Political science Mon, 03 Feb 2025 15:50:36 EST news657820230 Nativity—characterized by place of birth, duration of residence in the host country, citizenship and immigration status—greatly influences the health of foreign-born individuals in the United States. Despite this, many national health surveys omit questions about these dimensions of nativity, particularly immigration status. This omission limits the ability to assess health disparities across diverse immigrant subgroups and develop evidence-based policies and targeted interventions. https://phys.org/news/2024-12-contend-national-health-surveys-immigration.html Social Sciences Thu, 05 Dec 2024 04:49:55 EST news652596583 Immigration and crime were once again central themes throughout the US presidential election campaign. The belief that immigration drives up crime is one of the oldest—and strongest—convictions held by the public, spanning over a century in the US and elsewhere. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-immigration-crime-evidence.html Social Sciences Mon, 18 Nov 2024 14:50:01 EST news651161353 Restricted by immigration laws, unauthorized immigrants in the United States face severe challenges, including the inability to visit family members left behind. https://phys.org/news/2024-10-transnational-grief-adding-depth-day.html Social Sciences Thu, 10 Oct 2024 10:40:01 EDT news647775149 Some refer to the United States as a land of opportunity for those looking to better their lives. A research team headed by a University of Texas at Arlington social worker recently asked a group of immigrants if they agreed. https://phys.org/news/2024-08-explores-immigrant.html Social Sciences Wed, 14 Aug 2024 13:30:01 EDT news642859312 From the moment immigrants set eyes on acquiring citizenship in their host country—especially when they accept it as a nationality of higher status—they already begin to identify with the particular nation. Furthermore, they simultaneously grow attachment to its culture as they distance themselves from their original one. https://phys.org/news/2024-05-swiss-portuguese-immigrants-impact-citizenship.html Social Sciences Fri, 31 May 2024 14:10:08 EDT news636383401 Eviction rates in Oregon have surpassed pre-pandemic levels with more than 22,000 eviction filings in 2023. New research from Portland State University's Evicted in Oregon project documents the ways that eviction is traumatic for tenants, forcing them into a fight, flight or freeze response. https://phys.org/news/2024-05-mental-physical-impacts-tenants-eviction.html Social Sciences Wed, 29 May 2024 13:45:03 EDT news636209101 Anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies are widely known to have harmful impacts on mental health, but a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has revealed large disparities in rates of serious psychological distress across immigrant subgroups in California. https://phys.org/news/2023-12-immigrants-biggest-spike-mental-distress.html Social Sciences Mon, 18 Dec 2023 17:22:03 EST news622142521 Upon their arrival in a foreign country, immigrants tend to be healthier than natives, but their advantage erodes with time, despite improvements in earnings and socio-economic status. A new study published in the European Sociological Review by Francesco Billari (a demographer at Bocconi Department of Social and Political sciences, as well as the University's Rector), with Osea Giuntella, Fabrizio Mazzonna, and Luca Stella, documents that the health trajectory is strongly associated to the evolution of sleeping behavior. https://phys.org/news/2023-12-unhealthy-assimilation-immigrants-labor.html Social Sciences Wed, 06 Dec 2023 14:26:02 EST news621095161 Granting undocumented immigrants amnesty and legal status would improve the U.S. labor market, argues a new report from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. https://phys.org/news/2023-09-immigrant-amnesty-wages-boost-economy.html Economics & Business Tue, 12 Sep 2023 12:36:03 EDT news613740961 An immigration policy that would allow more migrants to legally enter and work in the country could benefit the overall U.S. economy, Northeastern experts say. https://phys.org/news/2023-06-migrants-boost-economy.html Economics & Business Thu, 01 Jun 2023 12:33:37 EDT news604841614 From the start of the pandemic, the general population faced several fears amidst the rising death toll, business shutdowns, circulating virus, and overall uncertainty of the future. At the same time, the federal government implemented several anti-immigration policies, such as the Public Charge Rule, which created an environment of heightened distress among families with and without U.S. citizenship. https://phys.org/news/2023-05-mistrust-mixed-immigration-status-families-pandemic.html Social Sciences Tue, 23 May 2023 13:00:01 EDT news604065115 The U.S. immigration system is slow and stymied by politics, but the border crisis represents an opportunity to address gaps in the American labor market, according to a new report from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. https://phys.org/news/2023-03-political-division-prolongs-immigration-crisis.html Social Sciences Thu, 16 Mar 2023 14:41:58 EDT news598196516 Invisibility is a salient and recurring experience of mistreatment for women of color working in traditionally white and male professions, two researchers found in their recent study. Barnini Bhattacharyya of the Ivey Business School at Western University and Jennifer Berdahl of University of British Columbia looked at a diverse sample of 65 women of color in Canada and the U.S. for the study. https://phys.org/news/2023-03-women-invisibility-workplace.html Social Sciences Tue, 07 Mar 2023 15:24:03 EST news597425041 Immigration status, immigration vulnerability and understanding of immigration-related legal options are critical components of safety, access to public benefits and wellness for many immigrants/migrants. While immigration status is increasingly recognized as an independent social determinant of health, understanding best practices for health care systems that might mitigate the health disparities that result from unequal health care access dictated by immigration status is just beginning to be studied. https://phys.org/news/2023-02-medical-legal-partnerships-valued-immigrant-migrant.html Social Sciences Wed, 22 Feb 2023 10:49:03 EST news596285341 In 1936, when the influential American political scientist Harold Laswell published his seminal work Politics: Who Gets What, When, How, he couldn't have foreseen that the book's title would soon become a standard, lay definition of politics, one that endures to this day. https://phys.org/news/2023-02-state-historically-biased-immigrant-nonwhite.html Economics & Business Mon, 20 Feb 2023 14:14:03 EST news596124841 Unique research carried out during the COVID pandemic has highlighted major problems with the Home Office application process for immigration claims. https://phys.org/news/2023-02-immigration-urgently-migrants-experiencing-homelessness.html Social Sciences Mon, 13 Feb 2023 16:40:17 EST news595528812 The concept of socio-cultural integration refers to the processes through which individuals from different cultural backgrounds come to feel a sense of belonging and acceptance within a new society having migrated from their homeland to somewhere new. Such integration might involve learning the language and customs of that new society, participating in social and community activities, and developing relationships with the members of that society. https://phys.org/news/2023-01-well-being-natives-immigrants-europe-socio-cultural.html Social Sciences Tue, 10 Jan 2023 12:00:03 EST news592574402 New research from the University of Hertfordshire reveals the acute extent of food poverty amongst immigrants in the U.K. who have no access to welfare benefits, with widespread reports of food shortages and lack of appropriate support. https://phys.org/news/2022-12-immigrants-uk-access-state-devastating.html Economics & Business Tue, 13 Dec 2022 14:25:49 EST news590163946 The number of international students in Canada has steadily increased over the last decade, contributing approximately $22 billion to the Canadian economy, and an estimated $5.1 billion in annual revenues to Canadian universities. https://phys.org/news/2022-11-canada-international-students-ideal-immigrants.html Social Sciences Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:06:04 EST news587304362 Immigrants' political power is on the rise in the United States. https://phys.org/news/2022-10-young-immigrants-social-media-engage.html Social Sciences Wed, 12 Oct 2022 12:20:04 EDT news584796001 Counties that don't cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)—also known as "sanctuary counties"—have seen their crime rates decrease after implementing sanctuary policies, according to a new study from a researcher at The University of Texas at Austin. https://phys.org/news/2022-06-sanctuary-counties-crime.html Social Sciences Mon, 13 Jun 2022 16:21:03 EDT news574356061 In a recent paper by the Penn Wharton Budget Model, authors Efraim Berkovich, director of computational dynamics; Daniela Costa, economist; and Austin Herrick, senior analyst, account for the differences between immigrants and nonimmigrants to investigate the macroeconomic effects of immigration to the U.S. https://phys.org/news/2022-04-legal-immigration-term-fiscal-benefits.html Economics & Business Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:28:18 EDT news569665695 One surprising success story to come out of the pandemic was how many countries and cities were able to significantly reduce street homelessness. Lockdowns enabled governments to treat homelessness as a public health emergency and act swiftly to accommodate and support people experiencing homelessness. https://phys.org/news/2022-03-lessons-pandemic-taught-homelessness-permanently.html Social Sciences Wed, 30 Mar 2022 10:03:24 EDT news567853400