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Dec 28
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Authorized and Unauthorized Immigrant Parents: The Impact of Legal Vulnerability on Family Contexts

By | Child Well-Being, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Parenting, Research Highlight

Authorized and Unauthorized Immigrant Parents: The Impact of Legal Vulnerability on Family Contexts

Kalina M. Brabeck, Erin Sibley and M. Brinton Lykes, Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences (Dec 28, 2015)

This study compares the social-ecological contexts of unauthorized immigrant families and their U.S.-born children to similarly low-income, urban, Latino immigrant families to identify differences arising from the parents’ legal status and interactions with the immigration system.

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Sep 01
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Implications of Immigration Enforcement Activities for the Well Being of Children in Immigrant Families: A Review of the Literature

By | Child Well-Being, Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Foster Care, ICE, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Research Highlight

Implications of Immigration Enforcement Activities for the Well Being of Children in Immigrant Families: A Review of the Literature

Randy Capps, Heather Koball, Andrea Campetella, Krista Perreira, Sarah Hooker and Juan Manuel Pedroza, Urban Institute and Migration Policy Institute (Sept 2015)

This report explores the impacts of parental deportation on children, the health and social service gaps of children with detained parents, and the changes caused by US immigration enforcement in the composition of undocumented populations.

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Jan 01
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Migrant Youth, Transnational Families, and the State Care and Contested Interests

By | Child Maltreatment, Child Well-Being, Detention, Immigrant Youth, Legal/Law, Research Highlight, Social Work, Toolkits, Handbooks, Guides & Books, Training & Tools, Unaccompanied Minors

Migrant Youth, Transnational Families, and the State Care and Contested Interests

University of Pennsylvania Press (2014)

Through interviews with children and their families, attorneys, social workers, policy-makers, law enforcement, and diplomats, anthropologist Lauren Heidbrink foregrounds the voices of migrant children and youth who must navigate the legal and emotional terrain of U.S. immigration policy.

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Jul 01
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The Impact of Detention and Deportation on Latino Immigrant Children and Families: A Quantitative Exploration

By | Child Well-Being, Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Research Highlight

The Impact of Detention and Deportation on Latino Immigrant Children and Families: A Quantitative Exploration

Kalina M. Brabeck and Qingwen Xu, Rhode Island College (July 2010)

This quantitative analysis found that parents with higher levels of legal vulnerability report a greater impact of detention/deportation on the family environment and children’s well-being. It also provides practice and policy implications.

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