Young Immigrants Seek Health-Care Access as Broader Threats Loom

The Biden administration is facing renewed pressure to help young immigrants in precarious legal status gain access to health care.

The push coincides with this week’s 10th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which provides deportation protection and work authorization for more than 600,000 immigrants who were brought to the US without authorization as children.

DACA recipients aren’t eligible for coverage under the Affordable Care Act and lack full access to Medicaid and other programs. Many lack health insurance.

“While the DACA program has been a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of immigrant youth, receipt of DACA ...