Immigrants ‘Very Worried’ About Gun Violence
California Healthline reporter and producer Heidi de Marco explained that many immigrants living in California are fearful of gun violence — but less likely to arm themselves — for Radio Bilingüe’s “Edición Semanaria” (“Weekly Edition”) on Jan. 27. A 2021 survey conducted by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research found that nearly a quarter of immigrants reported feeling “very worried” about being a victim of gun violence, compared with roughly 13% of California adults. At the same time, fewer than 8% of immigrants in the state had a firearm, compared with more than 22% of U.S.-born adults in California.
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