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Youth living in settlements at US border suffer poverty and lack of health care

  • Written by Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Professor of Social Work, Nursing and Global Public Health, New York University
Youth living in settlements at US border suffer poverty and lack of health careChildren play in the Indian Hills East Colonia near Alamo, Texas.AP Photo/Eric Gay

Recent media stories from the U.S.-Mexico border about immigration have largely missed the daily struggle of families and children in U.S. communities called “colonias.”

Colonias line both sides of the border, including the southern counties of Texas,...

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