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Laster Pirtle Co-Authors Paper on DACA and Wellbeing in Top Sociology of Health Journal

June 12, 2017

In a recent study of young Latino immigrant adults published in Social Sience & Medicine, Caitlin Patler (UC Davis) and Whitney Laster Pirtle (UC Merced) found that current psychological wellbeing is most strongly predicted by whether or not someone has Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program status. A summary of the results of the larger study can be found in the Law Professor Blogs Network. A link to the published article appears below.