Surveillance drives Latinx undocumented women away from needed services. [causal]
For example, SB 1070 and the hypersurveillance of undocumented immigrants has resulted in Latinx women avoiding interactions with surveilling institutions such as hospitals or law enforcement, even if they are in need of medical care or are victims of domestic abuse, out of a fear of being deported (Golash-Boza 2012).
XREF: Connects to the chilling effect of immigration enforcement on public health and victim services access — a pattern also seen in healthcare-seeking behavior literature.
Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, loc. 74