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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies 11/2015

18-01-2015 | Original Paper

The Distress of Citizen-Children with Detained and Deported Parents

Auteurs: Luis H. Zayas, Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, Hyunwoo Yoon, Guillermina Natera Rey

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 11/2015

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Abstract

In immigration enforcement, many undocumented immigrants with children are often detained and deported. But it is their US-born citizen-children that have been overlooked in immigration debates and enforcement policies and practices. Citizen-children are at risk for negative psychological outcomes when families are fractured and destabilized by arrest, detention, and deportation. The children risk being torn from their parents and, often, their undocumented siblings. To add to the small but growing empirical base on the effects of living under the threat of deportation and actual deportation of parents, we compared the psychological status of three groups of citizen-children: (1) a group living in Mexico with their deported parents; (2) a group in the US with parents affected by detention or deportation; and (3) a comparison group of citizen-children whose undocumented parents were not affected by detention or deportation. We compared children on self-report and parent-report measures of behavioral adjustment, depression, anxiety, and self-concept. Across the three groups we found elevated levels of distress, and differences between children who had experienced a parent’s detention or deportation and those who had not. We discuss findings in the context of children’s clinical needs, future research, and implications for immigration enforcement policy and practices.
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Metagegevens
Titel
The Distress of Citizen-Children with Detained and Deported Parents
Auteurs
Luis H. Zayas
Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola
Hyunwoo Yoon
Guillermina Natera Rey
Publicatiedatum
18-01-2015
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 11/2015
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-015-0124-8

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