| dc.description.abstract | This research paper investigates and analyzes how the new immigration policies under the Trump administration are becoming the main factor that influences the Latino behavior, especially when it comes to seeking health care. To answer this question, I relied on an original survey (IRB2020-0066D) that was fielded through Lucid Theorem. Respondents were asked to provide critical demographic information and their partisanship, along with a good portion of questions centered on their access to healthcare. Accessing healthcare, measures of Latino's feelings toward Trump's immigration policies, and linked fate are analyzed for any correlation with the size of the Latino population while controlling for the effects of being affiliated with a particular political party and their citizenship and education level. Regression models used in this analysis, either partially support or completely reject my five hypotheses. Based on the results, I do not find strong support for my theory. Still, I do seem to find evidence that the threatening political climate influences non-citizens Latinos' willingness to access health care. The results shed light on a statistically significant correlation between being Latino non-citizen and the decrease of seeking healthcare. This study has important implications, particularly within the context of the current global pandemic that the world is facing. Therefore, this research aims to eventually open the discussion for possible immigration policy revisions or even the discussion for ways to make an easier path for the Latinos communities to access healthcare | en |
