Study blames Trump for decline in immigrant well-child healthcare visits

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Sept. 18 (UPI) — A new study is blaming former President Donald Trump‘s anti-immigrant rhetoric for a decline in preventative healthcare visits among children born to migrant mothers.

Researchers at Boston University School of Public Health found that Trump’s 2016 election was associated with a 5% drop in well-child visits for children of immigrant mothers, compared to children of U.S. mothers.

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