I feel like I was born here: Social identity, political socialization, and deAmericanization

Tafoya, Joe R.; Michelson, Melissa R.; Chávez, María; Monforti, Jessica Lavariega

doi:10.1057/s41276-018-00164-w

Cited by 7 publications

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“…Indeed, they show that feelings of belonging among 1.5 generation Latinos differ starkly from those of their U.S.-born Latino peers, and that this tension might increase their identification with their country of origin (Portes & Rumbaut, 1990). Conversely, a recent study by Tafoya et al (2019) found that even on learning about their undocumented status, undocumented youth raised in the United States retain a strong sense of belonging to American society, despite the de-Americanization they experience when they transition into adulthood. According to the authors, this is because "American identity is sticky" (p. 54), and allows undocumented Latino youth to maintain their identities as Americans while also knowing they are undocumented.…”

Section: The Sense Of Belonging Of Undocumented Immigrants In the United Statesmentioning

confidence: 88%

Immigration Policy and Belonging: Ramifications for DACA Recipients’ Sense of Belonging

Mallet-Garcia

García-Bedolla

2021

American Behavioral Scientist

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The socioeconomic benefits of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program initiated in 2012 by executive order from then-president Obama have been documented in the recent literature. However, the consequences of the legal challenge brought against the program by the Trump administration have not yet been fully examined. This article analyzes qualitative data from Latino Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients in California to assess how the legal turmoil around the program is affecting their sense of belonging in the United States. We find that the uncertainty around the program has negative consequences on their sense of belonging, despite the program’s aims at improving it, and despite the respondents’ living in a rather welcoming state in terms of state-level immigration policies. Notably, we find that respondents feel increasingly alienated from and unwanted in American society and postpone major life goals.

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Section: The Sense Of Belonging Of Undocumented Immigrants In the United Statesmentioning

confidence: 88%

Immigration Policy and Belonging: Ramifications for DACA Recipients’ Sense of Belonging

Mallet-Garcia

García-Bedolla

2021

American Behavioral Scientist

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“…Studies similar to ours examined divided senses of identity and belonging, but they had different conclusions or they focused on different issues. For instance, Tafoya et al's [11] research see also [15,16] on undocumented Latinos' examined connections between political activism and their social identities as Americans. Most of the participants in our study were not politically active.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some studies examined bifurcated senses of identity and belonging. For instance, Tafoya et al [11] studied connections between undocumented Latinos' political activism and their social identities as Americans. The researchers indicate that undocumented children arriving at early ages have a tendency to become politically active as a way of creating an American identity.…”

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confidence: 99%

National Identity and Integration Challenges of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Recipients

Paschero

McBrien

2021

Societies

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Approximately 650,000 children and young adults currently reside in the United States with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status, providing them with temporary legal status to reside in the country. We explored the phenomenon of how five DACA recipients experienced their national identities and how it contributed to their acculturation patterns using in-depth semi-structured interviews. We interpreted their comments through the theoretical lens of Berry’s (1997) acculturation theory and Edensor’s (2002) emphasis on everyday life as a critical factor of national identity. Although the participants had the desire to remain in the United States and be a part of U.S. culture, everyday realities of discrimination, and challenges accomplishing common life tasks taken for granted by American peers (getting a driver’s license, travelling, working, obtaining financial aid for higher education) kept the participants from fully integrating into American society and gaining a sense of belonging.

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“…As pointed out in C's quote, earlier immigrant youth organizing centered on increasing visibility in public spaces, with discourses and actions related to "coming out of the shadows", with slogans like the national immigrant youth organization United We Dream's "undocumented and unafraid" [22,23]. With visibility came danger, yes, as evidenced by immigrants speaking out at rallies who were later detained by ICE.…”

Section: Countering Invisibilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Challenging this type of invisibility can create a layer of community protection born of awareness and action, through connections to networks of support [18]. It can be soul nourishment as well, because with visibility comes the agency of claiming an undocuidentity and the power in knowing one is not alone [23,25]. It creates a base of mutual aid and builds power for movement-making, opening a space for home [22,26].…”

Section: Countering Invisibilitymentioning

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We Are More Than Paperless People: Reflections on Creating Spaces, Narratives and Change with Undocumented Communities

2021

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In this piece, we share some insights gleaned from oral histories of immigrant organizers involved in New Jersey state campaigns for access to higher education, weaving them with scholarly personal narratives (Nash & Viray, 2013) from the authors on their own youth organizing and/or experience working in an undocumented student support center. We are guided by the following questions: (1) How do New Jersey immigrant organizers make meaning of and create spaces of hope and home through their organizing? (2) What propels this work and sustains it across cohorts of organizers? We discuss five general areas in response: the experience of invisibility and organizing efforts that aim to counter it, the co-construction of homespaces within higher education institutions, the importance of (re)setting narratives, celebrating wins while pressing for more, and the intergenerational work that inspires and sustains change. We close the article with reflections on the ways in which formal and everyday organizing are acts of love and care, from which home is collectively built.

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I feel like I was born here: Social identity, political socialization, and deAmericanization

Cited by 7 publications

References 17 publications

Immigration Policy and Belonging: Ramifications for DACA Recipients’ Sense of Belonging

Immigration Policy and Belonging: Ramifications for DACA Recipients’ Sense of Belonging

National Identity and Integration Challenges of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Recipients

We Are More Than Paperless People: Reflections on Creating Spaces, Narratives and Change with Undocumented Communities

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