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Many innovations of the health reform law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), benefit children and families in America whether they are immigrant or native born. Examples include expanded Medicaid eligibility to all individuals with income under 133 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL), coverage of dependents up to age 26, availability of child-only policies and affordability credits, and streamlined enrollment for health care coverage. Other ACA reforms benefit immigrant families specifically, such as: immigrant eligibility expansions, privacy protections and civil rights protections. The following issue brief examines how the ACA works for immigrant families.