Publications

• Saadi A., Patler C., Langer P., Duration in Immigration Prison as a Mechanism for Health Harms Among Detained Immigrants.(2025) JAMA Network Open

• Hamilton E., Masferrer, C., & Langer, P. (2025) Parent-child separation and plans for family reunification after deportation to Mexico from the United States. Migraciones Internacionales

• Patler C., Langer P., (2025) Has population mental health returned to pre-pandemic levels, among and between groups by race and immigration status?. Social Science and Medicine -Mental Health

• Patler C., Saadi A., Langer P., (2025) The health-related experiences of detained immigrants with and without mental illness. Journal of Migration and Health

• Langer P., Patler C., Hamilton E. (2024) The 2016 US presidential election was disproportionately associated birth outcomes for infants born to Black and Hispanic mothers. Demography

• Hamilton, E. R., Masferrer, C., & Langer, P. (2022). US Citizen Children De Facto Deported to Mexico. Population and Development Review

• Hamilton E., Langer P., Patler C., (2021). DACA’s association with birth outcomes among Mexican-origin mothers in the United States. Demography.

• Hamilton E., Patler C., Langer P. (2021) The Life-Course Timing of Legalization: Evidence from the DACA Program, Socius.

• Pérez-Cruz, P. E., Langer, P., Carrasco, C., Bonati, P., Batic, B., Tupper Satt, L., & Gonzalez Otaiza, M. (2019). Spiritual Pain Is Associated with Decreased Quality of Life in Advanced Cancer Patients in Palliative Care: An Exploratory Study. Journal of palliative medicine

Selected work in progress

• Langer P., U.S. states’ prioritization of carceral spending and Black & White death

• Langer P., Democratic backsliding and population health: The case of polling place closures after Shelby County v. Holder

• Langer P., Patler C., The impact of DACA on the payment source for delivery