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This study examined how state\u2010level social policy exclusions for immigrants are associated with the well\u2010being of immigrant parents and development of their children. A mixed methods approach guided by the transformative framework was used with quantitative analyses among a subsample of low\u2010income immigrant parents from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study\u2014Birth Cohort (ECLS\u2010B; <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20091550) and qualitative focus groups with immigrant parents of young children from two states with differing social policy contexts: California (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200918) and New Hampshire (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200917). Results indicated that low\u2010income immigrant parents with young children experienced greater parenting\u2010related stressors in states with more restrictive policies toward immigrants. Quantitative findings revealed that children born in more exclusionary states had lower reading skills at age 4 and kindergarten. Findings from the qualitative focus groups identified a core category centered on <jats:italic>humanity being at the hands of the state<\/jats:italic>, with the following themes: (1) <jats:italic>salience of immigrant limitations<\/jats:italic>; (2) <jats:italic>state climate toward immigrants<\/jats:italic>; and (3) <jats:italic>social programs reduce stress, but access is variable and filled with barriers<\/jats:italic>. 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