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Immigrant Families Research

Mixed-Status Families and Immigrant Families with Children Continued Avoiding Safety Net Programs in 2023

By | Immigrant Families Research, Public Charge, Research, Research Highlight

Mixed-Status Families and Immigrant Families with Children Continued Avoiding Safety Net Programs in 2023

Dulce Gonzalez, Hamutal Bernstein, Michael Karpman, Genevieve M. Kenney; Urban Institute (August 7, 2024)

This report provides updated estimates of chilling effects on pubic safety net program use among immigrant families.

Latinx Immigrant Health: Does Immigrants’ Perceptions of Integration Protect their Health?

By | Deportation, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Research, Research Highlight

Latinx Immigrant Health: Does Immigrants’ Perceptions of Integration Protect their Health?

Mirella Deniz-Zaragoza, Esaú Casimiro Vieyra, and Cecilia Ayón; Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences (September 9, 2024)

This study explored the relationship between immigrants’ perceptions of integration and their self-rated health and psychological distress

Protecting Immigrant Children: A Public Health of Consequence

By | Child Well-Being, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Research, Research Highlight, Safety

Protecting Immigrant Children: A Public Health of Consequence

Farzana Kapadia, American Journal of Public Health (February 21, 2024)

This article explores how policies, practices, and anti-immigrant rhetoric have eroded the safety and well-being of immigrant children and their families and provides recommendations to address these negative impacts.

Cruel Indifference: Family Separation at the U.S.-Mexico Border Before and After Zero Tolerance

By | Family Separation, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Research, Research Highlight

Cruel Indifference: Family Separation at the U.S.-Mexico Border Before and After Zero Tolerance

Immigrants’ Rights Policy Clinic, UCLA School of Law (June 2024)

This white paper explores two misconceptions: 1) that family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border began under the Trump administration; and 2) that they ended with the election of President Biden, arguing that family separation has been a longtime feature of CBP enforcement, and continues today.

Measuring Immigrant Integration: Adapting the IPL Integration Index to Your Context

By | Culture: Issues & Competencies, Immigrant Families Research, Research, Research Highlight

Measuring Immigrant Integration: Adapting the IPL Integration Index to Your Context

Immigration Policy Lab, Stanford University (May 30, 2024)

This webinar reviews the Immigration Policy Lab’s Integration Index, a six-dimension survey tool that assesses psychological, social, economic, political, linguistic, and navigational integration of refugees and other migrant groups.

The Impact of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Surveillance Technology on the Well-being of the Children of Immigrants

By | Child Well-Being, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Research, Research Highlight

The Impact of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Surveillance Technology on the Well-being of the Children of Immigrants

Mirian G. Martinez-Aranda, American Behavioral Scientist (November 25, 2023)

This study explores the negative impacts of ICE’s surveillance technologies, i.e., electronic monitors on children’s well-being and the parent–child relationship.

US Immigration Policy Stressors and Latinx Youth Mental Health

By | Child Well-Being, Immigrant Families Research, Research, Research Highlight, Trauma

US Immigration Policy Stressors and Latinx Youth Mental Health

Kathleen M. Roche, Rebecca M. B. White, Roushanac Partovi, Elizabeth Vaquera, and Todd D. Little; JAMA Pediatrics (May 13, 2024)

This study explored the impact of immigration-related stressors on parent-child relationships and the mental health of Latinx adolescents.

Threat and deprivation as distinct predictors of posttraumatic stress and depression symptoms in first and second generation Latinx youth

By | Child Well-Being, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Research, Trauma

Threat and deprivation as distinct predictors of posttraumatic stress and depression symptoms in first and second generation Latinx youth

Jodi Berger Cardoso, Kalina M. Brabeck, Tzuan A. Chen, Arlene Bjugstad, Caitlyn Mytelka, Randy Capps, & Thomas M. Crea; Applied Developmental Science (September 21, 2023)

This research examined how immigration enforcement fear and perceived economic hardship affect posttraumatic stress disorder and depression among first and second-generation Latinx youth in immigrant families.

Immigration stress and internalizing symptoms among Latinx and Asian American students: The roles of school climate and community violence

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

Immigration stress and internalizing symptoms among Latinx and Asian American students: The roles of school climate and community violence

Blanche Wright, Belinda C. Chen, Tamar Kodish, Yazmin Meza Lazaro, Anna S. Lau; Journal of School Psychology (June 2024)

This study explored the impact of immigration stress and school- and community-level resources and protective factors on Latinx and Asian American youth internalizing symptoms.

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