ScholarWorks > HHS > Social Work > JSSW > Vol. 38 > Iss. 1 (2011)
Keywords
Immigration policy, immigrants, children, families
Abstract
America is built upon a history of immigration; yet current immigration policy and anti-immigrant sentiment negatively affect the vulnerable population of immigrant families and children. Immigrant children face many problems, including economic insecurity, barriers to education, poor health outcomes, the arrest and deportation of family members, discrimination, and trauma and harm to their communities. These areas of immigrant children's economic and material well-being are examined in light of restrictive and punitive immigration policies at the federal and local level. Implications for social policy reform, such as decriminalization, are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Androff, David K.; Ayon, Cecilia; Becerra, David; Gurrola, Maria; Salas, Lorraine; Krysik, Judy; Gerdes, Karen; and Segal, Elizabeth
(2011)
"U.S. Immigration Policy and Immigrant Children's Well-being: The Impact of Policy Shifts,"
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 38:
Iss.
1, Article 5.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.3585
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