“I Put a Mask on” the human side of deportation effects on Latino youth
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2014
Authors
Horner, Pilar
Sanders, Laura
Martinez, Ramiro
Doering-White, John
Lopez, William
Delva, Jorge
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Horner, Pilar, Sanders, Laura, Martinez, Ramiro, Doering-White, John, Lopez, William, Delva, Jorge. 2014. "“I Put a Mask on” The Human Side of Deportation Effects on Latino Youth." Journal of Social Welfare and Human Rights, v. 2, issue 2
Abstract
Recent research on immigration has looked at forced deportation issues and
specifically on the mental health issues of immigrant parents separated from their
children rather than from the child’s experience. Hispanic adolescents residing in the
United States who live with the fear of being separated from their parents either
through forced parental deportation or as a result of being detained themselves may
face serious health and mental health problems during the crucial developmental
stage of adolescence and pre-adolescence. This study looks at twenty children ages
11-18 (males and females). Qualitative methods were used including focus groups
and individual in-depth interviews to examine issues among youth who were at risk
of being deported and/or whose parents had been deported or were at risk of
deportation. Evidence from the study demonstrated that the youth have complex
understandings of the stress of living in undocumented families that can be
categorized in individual, social, and structural levels.
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