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ArticleJournal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine2026

"This is Going to Get Worse": Immigrant Reactions to the Public Charge Rule in a Large Northeastern City.

Makini Chisolm-Straker, Claudia Calhoon, Elika A Nerette, Cindy Clesca, Laura Janneck, Kristin Potterbusch, Michelle P Lin

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Article in Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Makini Chisolm-StrakerIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Department of Emergency Medicine, Institute for Health Equity Research, New York City, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5182-5772
Claudia CalhoonDepartment of Urban Studies, Queens College, City University of New York, Queens, NY, USA. ccalhoon@york.cuny.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-0693-5977
Elika A NeretteHousing Works, Health Services, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Cindy ClescaIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Department of Emergency Medicine, Institute for Health Equity Research, New York City, NY, USA.
Laura JanneckDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine, Tulsa, OK, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6228-7383
Kristin PotterbuschClinical Quality Partners Department, Primary Care Development Corp., New York City, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6660-0250
Michelle P LinIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Departments of Emergency Medicine, and Population Health Science and Policy, New York City, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6045-7342

Funding

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Harold Amos Faculty Development Award
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The United States' public charge rule restricting who may enter or receive residency was expanded by the 2016 - 2020 federal administration and may be expanded again. This phenomenological study examines immigrant understandings of the use of public benefits and the consequences of penalizing immigrants in this way. As a feasibility study, it serves as an example of the merits and challenges of community-based organization (CBO) qualitative research. From September 2019 - April 2021, workers in a large urban CBO interviewed six immigrant participants about the public charge rule. We identify four themes: 1) mixed understandings, 2) avoidance of public benefits due to fear, 3) impact on children, and 4) interconnectedness. We describe immigrant insights on how anti-immigrant policies harm a nation as a whole.

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Emigrants and ImmigrantsAdultFemaleHumansInterviews as TopicMaleMiddle AgedNew EnglandQualitative ResearchUnited StatesImmigration policyPublic chargePublic healthSocial welfare benefitsXenophobia

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PMID41461982
PMCPMC13136468

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