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This study aimed to investigate the effects of documentation status on pediatric kidney transplant outcomes in a single-center setting, emphasizing the significance of state insurance access for undocumented patients and federal policies like Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) on patient outcomes. A cohort of 283 patients, including 48 undocumented individuals, who received their first kidney transplant as children between 1998 and 2011 was analyzed. There was no significant difference in unadjusted all-cause (P = .91) and death-censored (P = .38) graft survival between undocumented patients and patients with permanent legal status, subsequently referred to as US residents. Additionally, in the Cox proportional hazards model, immigration status was not significantly associated with all-cause graft survival (hazard ratio 0.87, 95% CI 0.51-1.46, P = .6). Telephone interviews were conducted with the undocumented cohort. Forty-one of 48 of the undocumented recipients were contacted. Ninety-five percent had access to insurance with 68.3% on Medicaid or Medicare. DACA recipients exhibited higher employment rates (88% vs 67%, P = .11) and were more likely to complete a degree beyond high school (47.1% vs 12.5%, P = .01). Immigration status did not impact long-term graft survival, suggesting eligibility expansions for state-funded insurance and DACA may improve access to transplant care for undocumented patients. Moreover, DACA recipients showed trends toward increased employment and education compared to non-DACA recipients.

This study applies a social foreground perspective to assess whether the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program impacted the self‐rated health of coresident parents of DACA‐eligible individuals.

DACA status grants a temporary work permit and allows for a stay of deportation for undocumented persons who entered the United States as children. Although research points to the positive health benefits of DACA for its recipients, less is known about whether the program affects the health of family members, including parents.

This study uses data from the National Health Interview Study (2008–2015) on foreign‐born adults and their coresident parents. We applied a difference‐in‐differences design to examine whether the self‐rated health of coresident mothers and fathers changed following the passage of DACA for DACA‐eligible individuals.

In contrast to expectations, DACA was associated with worse self‐rated health among coresident, partnered parents. These results may be because DACA also decreased the likelihood of coresiding with parents and changed the composition of coresident parents themselves. Following DACA, fewer eligible offspring lived with parents overall, but among those that did, parents tended to be older and less healthy.

Findings underscore how DACA may be used as a resource to support older parents experiencing health challenges, in particular among older undocumented immigrants, who make up a growing share of the undocumented population in the United States.