Using interviews and ethnography started in 2016 in rural and urban Kansas, we examine the consequences of an amplified immigration enforcement combined with a local limited health care infrastructure that reproduce legal violence manifesting on Latina immigrants’ health, access to care, and community participation. We highlight the conditions rooted in place that generate short- and long-term negative impacts for Latina immigrants’ health. Fear and anxiety about the deportation of themselves and their family members make them ill and also generate apprehension about contacting medical institutions, driving, and spending time in public spaces. These circumstances coalesce in women’s lives to block access to medical care and undermine women’s roles in their communities. Following gendered expectations, women turn to their informal networks to seek health care for their families. In the context that the enforcement regime has created, these ties can turn exploitative.

使用 2016 年在堪萨斯州农村和城市开始的访谈和民族志，我们研究了扩大移民执法与当地有限的医疗保健基础设施相结合的后果，这些基础设施再现了对拉丁裔移民的健康、获得护理和社区参与的法律暴力。我们强调了对拉丁裔移民的健康产生短期和长期负面影响的根深蒂固的条件。对自己和家人被驱逐出境的恐惧和焦虑使他们生病，也会对联系医疗机构、开车和在公共场所逗留感到担忧。这些情况在妇女的生活中结合在一起，阻碍了她们获得医疗保健的机会，并削弱了她们在社区中的作用。遵循性别期望，妇女求助于她们的非正式网络，为她们的家人寻求医疗保健。在执法制度创造的背景下，这些关系可能会变成剥削性的。