10. Fear of Deportation as a Barrier to Immigrant Integration

Leyro, Shirley

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“…Qualitative studies catalogued several different behaviors from those included in the quantitative reports. For instance, harsh enforcement of immigration policy can cause parents to withdraw from public life (e.g., Leyro, 2017), including limiting their involvement in their children's schooling and accessing needed medical and social services for themselves or their children (Campbell et al, 2014;Derby, 2012;Gonzalez & Chavez, 2012;Leyro, 2017;Roche et al, 2020). Reports indicated that parents were less likely to speak out against abuse in the workplace or to report crimes to police (Gonzalez & Chavez, 2012;Kam et al, 2018) even though not reporting made their neighborhoods more vulnerable to criminal elements (Leyro, 2017).…”

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“…For instance, harsh enforcement of immigration policy can cause parents to withdraw from public life (e.g., Leyro, 2017), including limiting their involvement in their children's schooling and accessing needed medical and social services for themselves or their children (Campbell et al, 2014;Derby, 2012;Gonzalez & Chavez, 2012;Leyro, 2017;Roche et al, 2020). Reports indicated that parents were less likely to speak out against abuse in the workplace or to report crimes to police (Gonzalez & Chavez, 2012;Kam et al, 2018) even though not reporting made their neighborhoods more vulnerable to criminal elements (Leyro, 2017). Parents shared that they knew friends and family members who were deported and it increased their fear of suffering family separation due to immigration enforcement (Rubio-Hernandez & Ay on, 2016).…”

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Validation of the Family Fear of Deportation Scale for youth

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This study reports on the psychometric properties of a new instrument to assess family fear of deportation in two versions (binary and polytomous response options). Background: The impact of fear of deportation extends beyond foreign-born youth to U.S. citizen children in families with unauthorized members, and negatively affects their academic achievement and their physical, mental, and behavioral health. A measure assessing levels of fear of deportation among youth is lacking. Methods: Participants were first-and second-generation Latino immigrant youth (N = 145 in Study 1 and N = 107 in Study 2). Item response theory (IRT), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), correlation analysis, and reliability tests were used to assess the scale's psychometric properties. Results: The results supported a five-item binary version and a six-item polytomous version of the scale. Both demonstrated excellent model fit, good reliability, and criterion validity. Conclusions: The six-item polytomous version is slightly more parsimonious than the five-item binary version scale, has better internal consistency, and captures a modestly wider range of the construct. The binary version may be preferable for immigrant youth who prefer straightforward response options. Implications: Researchers and practitioners can use either version of the Family Fear of Deportation Scale with confidence to assess deportation-related fear among Latino immigrant youth.

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“…Research on migrants' employment patterns has also shown that undocumented migrants are more likely than documented migrants to be channeled away from the formal sector and into the secondary labor market, where they face unstable employment and systematically lower wages (Durand, Massey and Pren 2016;Lindstrom 2019). In addition, the social isolation that stems from being undocumented is well-established (Chavez 1991;Harrison and Lloyd 2012;Albarracín 2016;Schachter 2016;Leyro 2018;Lindstrom 2019). Research on neighbor preferences has identified a strong bias against undocumented people, the magnitude of which is comparable to the bias against people marked with a criminal record (Schachter 2016).…”

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“…Research on neighbor preferences has identified a strong bias against undocumented people, the magnitude of which is comparable to the bias against people marked with a criminal record (Schachter 2016). Beyond how undocumented migrants are perceived by outside groups, the omnipresent risk of deportation that they face engenders strategic “avoidance behaviors” like opting out of voluntary associations (Leyro 2018) and creates conditions that impede the development of English proficiency (Flores-Yeffal 2019). The resulting insularity contributes to undocumented migrants’ exploitability in the labor market (Harrison and Lloyd 2012).…”

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The Tradeoff of Temporariness: Economic and Social Impacts of H-2A Status on Mexican Migrant Men

O'Neill

2022

International Migration Review

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As the H-2A visa program expands to become a core component of contemporary Mexican migration to the United States, questions emerge about the tradeoffs migrants face between temporary and undocumented statuses. This article employs propensity score matching of participants in the Mexican Migration Project—an extensive binational survey of Mexican migrants and their families—to compare economic and social outcomes of H-2A visa recipients vis-à-vis undocumented migrants. Findings indicate that although H-2A visas offer benefits like a lower cost of living while abroad, they do not produce a discernible effect on wages relative to wages earned by undocumented migrants. While H-2A migrants are more likely to work in the formal economy, they are also less likely to build social capital or language proficiency in the United States than undocumented migrants, indicating a degree of social isolation that can be exploited by employers. This comparison contributes to a growing literature on the proliferation of temporary migratory statuses and the marginality experienced by migrants within these statuses.

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Social banishment and the US “Criminal alien”: norms of violence and repression in the deportation regime

C. Brotherton

2018

l'Année Sociologique

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Cet article mobilise les données issues d’un travail d’observation participante au sein d’audiences d’expulsion de migrants dans le nord-est des États-Unis en se focalisant sur deux thématiques : (i) l’émergence d’un régime de déportation et ses mécanismes de violence structurelle et (ii) les normes de la violence dans les espaces de ce régime de déportation. Par régime de déportation, nous faisons ici référence aux systèmes et pratiques institutionnels créés par l’émergence d’un état de sécurité exceptionnel, aux appareils et rituels discrets et peu discrets utilisés pour discipliner les esprits et les corps des travailleurs immigrants avec ou sans papiers, et leurs conséquences collatérales. La violence structurelle se réfère aux arrangements systémiques qui infligent des dommages sociaux aux individus en les privant de leurs droits fondamentaux à l’existence, conduisant souvent à leur mort prématurée. L’article explore différentes formes de violence dans les espaces sociaux où le régime exerce son pouvoir presque incontrôlé. Il soutient que la violence qui découle du régime a un impact important non seulement sur les non-citoyens immigrants, mais aussi sur les citoyens immigrants et les citoyens non-immigrants. Cette violence structurelle induit un effet de spirale et d’amplification qui diffuse un large éventail de relations sociales, car son pouvoir intimide, terrorise, contient et subordonne des individus et des communautés, les soumettant à son mandat imposé par l’État pour retirer des éléments « indésirables » du corps social. Ces politiques et pratiques, parrainées par l’État, visent à déshumaniser, désorienter, distraire, humilier et intimider et ne sont pas les conséquences involontaires de politiques autrement rationnelles et mesurées visant le bien commun.

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10. Fear of Deportation as a Barrier to Immigrant Integration

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Validation of the Family Fear of Deportation Scale for youth

Validation of the Family Fear of Deportation Scale for youth

The Tradeoff of Temporariness: Economic and Social Impacts of H-2A Status on Mexican Migrant Men

Social banishment and the US “Criminal alien”: norms of violence and repression in the deportation regime

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