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
Marci Ybarra
bProfessor and director at the Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States
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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