2007
DOI: 10.25071/1920-7336.21388
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Living with Precarious Legal Status in Canada: Implications for the Well-Being of Children and Families

Abstract: This study focused on the effects of precarious status on the well-being of fifteen participants with particular attention to their attempts to claim services, their feelings of belonging and sense of social support, and the effects of parents’ status on children. It investigates ways in which the status of one family member can affect the well-being of the entire family. Those who had children reported that the family’s status disadvantaged their children, whether they were Canadian or foreign-born, as parent… Show more

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“…education and public health coverage), and (4) not depending on a third party for one's right to be in Canada (such as a sponsoring spouse or employee)” (240–41). In families with mixed or unclear statuses the entire family—including citizen children—may face deep social exclusion that can contribute to negative social and health outcomes (Bernhard et al. 2008; Fix and Laglagaron 2002).…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…education and public health coverage), and (4) not depending on a third party for one's right to be in Canada (such as a sponsoring spouse or employee)” (240–41). In families with mixed or unclear statuses the entire family—including citizen children—may face deep social exclusion that can contribute to negative social and health outcomes (Bernhard et al. 2008; Fix and Laglagaron 2002).…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, the analysis of illegality in other country contexts, different than the U.S., has started to scrutinize the variegated impact of illegality on people's lives (Allerton 2014, 2017, Sigona 2012, Ellis and Stam 2017, Bernhard et al 2007. In this line, my aim is to shed light onto the complex and ambiguous array of experiences of illegality, deportability, and schooling in the Canadian context.…”
Section: In Between?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…(Menjivar, 2006;Goldring, Berinstein y Bernhard, 2009), no es una categoría homogénea. Por el contrario, la categoría de "migrante" agrupa un conjunto de formas distintas de acceso restringido a los derechos que conforma un sistema de posiciones de "estatus legal precario" (Goldring y Landolt, 2013), o de formas de condicionalidad; una suerte de gradiente que va desde el extremo de la negación total de los derechos, representado por los migrantes indocumentados (Bernhard, Goldring, Young, Wilson y Berinstein, 2008), hasta la condición de extranjeros con permiso de residencia definitiva. Entre medio, cada Estado produce un rango de posiciones de ciudadanía restringida; un conjunto de in-between statuses que componen una "zona gris" (Menjivar, 2006) de posiciones diferenciadas.…”
Section: La Condicionalidad Como Expresión Del Estatus Legal Precariounclassified
“…Adicionalmente, podemos señalar que la categoría "migrante", además de no ser homogénea, es dinámica, vale decir, supone que los sujetos siguen trayectorias a través de las distintas posiciones de estatus que impone la normativa y por las estrategias de adaptación a ellas que desarrollan los propios migrantes. A diferencia de lo que ha venido sosteniendo la literatura del campo hasta la década de 2000, este tránsito entre posiciones no implica necesariamente ascender linealmente en la "escalera de los derechos", sino al contrario; como se ha venido mostrando profusamente para el caso de la migración hacia América del Norte (Menjivar, 2006;Menjivar y Abrego, 2012;Goldring y Landolt, 2012Goldring et al, 2009;Bernhard et al, 2008) y Europa del Sur (Calvita, 2007), implica además la posibilidad de retroceder en el sistema de estratificación de derechos (Bauböck, 2006) o perpetuarse en una posición supuestamente transitoria o temporal (Menjivar, 2006).…”
Section: La Condicionalidad Como Expresión Del Estatus Legal Precariounclassified
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