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With numerous barriers to health care, Michigan immigrants are among hardest hit by COVID-19

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With numerous barriers to health care, Michigan immigrants are among hardest hit by COVID-19 Model D Media COVID-19 has disproportionately harmed Michigan's already-vulnerable communities: people of color, the elderly, and those experiencing poverty. But among the hardest hit have been Michigan’s immigrant population, who have even more to fear than illness and unemployment. "COVID-19 has impacted the communities we serve and clients we advocate for in a similar way as the general population, but those impacts are being felt more intensely,” says Susan Reed, managing attorney for the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, a member of the statewide Protecting Immigrant Families - Michigan coalition. READ MORE

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