Undocumented Immigrant

This resource describes lessons learned from working with immigrant and limited English proficient (LEP) communities in disasters and includes firsthand accounts from the field.

This report focuses on the 2007 California Wildfires and the impact of natural disasters on Latino and immigrant communities.

This report provides a needs assessment of vulnerable and hard to reach populations in Texas and identifies the preferred methods of communication in the event of a bioterrorist attack or epidemic.

Boat People SOS (BPSOS) is a private sector organization devoted to empowering Vietnamese communities through topic specific programs including disaster relief and recovery.  

This study examines demographic shifts in the New Orleans area following an influx of Brazilian immigrants who migrated to aid in the Hurricane Katrina recovery effort.  

Outlines an emergency preparedness plan for the farmworker communities in San Diego County, and also contains the "San Diego Firestorm 2007 Report: Fire Impact on Farmworkers & Migrant Communities in North County" prepared by the National Latino Research Center at the California State University, San Marcos.

This article from the Contra Costa Times in California reports that Los Angeles County Residents are not fully prepared for a disaster.   Barriers to preparedness include distrust of service providers and limited English proficiency (LEP) in immigrants.

Findings from this qualitative study of Latino and Asian immigrants living Southern California indicate that immigrant and limited English proficient (LEP) populations are not fully incorporated in disaster preparedness educational efforts and emergency response plans.

This Op-Ed piece discusses policies on illegal immigrants during emergency evacuations in the wake of Hurricane Gustav.

This PowerPoint presentation from the National Latino Research Center CSU San Marcos, discusses the emergency issues surrounding emergency response efforts to meet the needs of immigrant populations during the 2007 Southern California wildfires.  

This report provides information on the partnership developed between the San Mateo County Health Department and local community based organizations (CBOs) that serve special populations.
 

This installment of the Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness newsletter focuses on potential barriers, such as, limited English proficiency (LEP), to engaging immigrant communities in public health preparedness and proposes various strategies to promote preparedness in these communities.   

This article describes the role of the ethnic media in communicating with non-English speaking Southern California residents during the 2007 wildfires.   

This article provides empirical evidence of how Hurricane Katrina affected Bangladeshis immigrants living in New Orleans, particularly Bangladeshi exchange students at Tulane University.

This 2005 CRS report for Congress provides an overview of legislation which states the conditions that need to be met for immigrants to be eligible for disaster services.

This article documents the reluctance of undocumented Hispanic/Latino workers to evacuate New Orleans due to fear of deportation.

This resource is a fact sheet that provides information about disater assistance eligibility.  It is targeted toward families with members who are not US citizens and can be used by agencies who assist these families.

This issue brief presents preliminary findings on the social threats to the health of Latino migrant farmworkers in connection with the 2009 H1N1 outbreak. Guidelines on the provision of the H1N1 vaccine to migrant farmworkers are also provided.

This research based article examines health concerns identified by Latinos who resided in the path of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and Mississippi.

This memorandum provides a table of disaster-related assistance programs for individuals and the eligibility status for qualified aliens, non-immigrants, and unqualified aliens.

This press release describes the public health risks that accompany the stigmatization of a specific group following an outbreak.

New York Immigration Coalition provides disaster relief information for immigrants living in New York State in 7 languages.

This article discusses health-related, social, and economic factors that contribute the increased risk of immigrants and refugees in an influenza pandemic and strategies.

This study describes innovative ways that state governments and local communities can use technologies to reach vulnerable groups, including newly arrived immigrants and individuals with limited English proficiency.

This site provides questions and answers about eligibility of undocumented immigrants for disaster assitance.  It provides information about resources that are available to this population.

This report documents how migrant farm workers were impacted during the 2007 wildfires in North San Diego County and provides recommendations to improve future response and recovery efforts.

This issue brief describes the concept of stigma within the context of  the H1N1 (swine flu) outbreak and provides tips for political leaders and public health professionals to reduce the stigma associated with Spanish-speaking individuals following the swine flu outbreak.

This article discusses how the planning process for an influenza pandemic should include community engagement and extension of strategies beyond traditional providers to involve community-based organizations addressing hard-to-reach populations.