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Research ArticleIII. Consequences of the Deportation System for Immigrants, Families, and Communities in the United States
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Settlement Duration Matters: Deportation Threat and Safety Net Participation Among Mixed-Status Families

Youngjin Stephanie Hong, Marci Ybarra, Angela S. García
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences November 2025, 11 (4) 142-174; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2025.11.4.07
Youngjin Stephanie Hong
aT32 postdoctoral trainee at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States
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Marci Ybarra
bProfessor and director at the Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States
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Angela S. García
cAssociate professor at the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, United States
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Youngjin Stephanie Hong, Marci Ybarra, Angela S. García
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Youngjin Stephanie Hong, Marci Ybarra, Angela S. García
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    • BACKGROUND
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    • EMPIRICAL STRATEGY
    • SAMPLE CHARACTERISTICS BY MOTHER’S IMMIGRATION STATUS
    • ASSOCIATION BETWEEN REMOVAL RATES AND SAFETY NET PARTICIPATION (RQ1)
    • THE ROLE OF MOTHER’S DURATION IN THE US (RQ2)
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