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This document comprises four chapters. The first describes the scope, trends, and characteristics of Latin American, and particularly Mexican, migration to the United States. There the data are available, it also refers to Latin American countries that take part in ISA, activities: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia and Ecuador. The second analyzes immigrants' health insurance coverage and level their level of access to various types of medical security. The third describes the health service access and use. The last describes specific aspects of migrants' health, including the main illnesses affecting them. The document ends with a number of considerations and opportunities in the field of binational public policy.