Policy Statement on the Incarceration of Undocumented Migrant Families

Balcázar, Fabricio E.

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“…For example, Mexicans living in their own country (in areas now known as California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas) were displaced when the United States took over their land (Adames & Chavez-Dueñas, 2017); thousands of working-class Latinx women in California between 1930s and 1970s were sterilized without their consent while giving birth to their first child, in order to prevent them from having more children (Novak & Lira, 2018); and thousands of migrant workers experience substandard working conditions and salaries (Quesada, Hart, & Bourgois, 2011). Current federal government policies are aimed at deterring migration, including the forced separation and deportation of families (Langhout et al, 2018), increased incarceration of immigrants (Chicco, Esparza, Lykes, Balcazar, & Ferreira, 2016), and changes to the eligibility criteria for refugees. These are just a few examples of the continued oppression and marginalization experienced by this population.…”

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Meaningful Engagement in Research: Community Residents as Co‐creators of Knowledge

Suárez-Balcázar

2020

American J of Comm Psychol

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Community psychologists have contributed significantly to the body of literature on community-based participatory research (CBPR) and its application in understanding and addressing health and community participation disparities. At the core of CBPR are mutually beneficial partnerships with communities, whereby community members' voices are heard and they become co-researchers, helping guide the research process. In this article, I argue that for community psychologists to change the landscape of community participation, health, and well-being disparities experienced by many vulnerable populations who often face multiple forms of oppression, CBPR needs to be transformative and emancipatory. Stakeholders must be meaningfully involved as co-creators of knowledge and promoters of social justice embracing a human rights agenda. Drawing from work conducted with Latinx immigrant families with youth who have disabilities, I propose the following strategies moving forward: promoting meaningful participation of community members as co-creators of knowledge; promoting meaningful conversations that matter to communities; promoting civic engagement, activism, and advocacy; promoting an assets-and strengths-based approach to research; and promoting culturally relevant interventions. Community psychologists have the opportunity to make significant contributions to addressing disparities when community residents' knowledge is valued and recognized.

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Section: Theoretical Background In Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Meaningful Engagement in Research: Community Residents as Co‐creators of Knowledge

Suárez-Balcázar

2020

American J of Comm Psychol

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Tebes¹

2016

American J of Comm Psychol

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Ecology of Sites of Confinement: Everyday Life in a Detention Center for Illegalized Non‐citizens

Esposito

Ornelas

Briozzo

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American J of Comm Psychol

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Highlights• In spite of concerns about migration-related detention, research inside these sites of confinement is scarce.• We present an ethnographic exploration into the detention of illegalized non-citizens in Italy.• Transcending individual-centered analysis, we adopt an ecological framework with a focus on justice.• We contribute to create knowledge on the psychosocial and cultural world behind the walls of detention.• We discuss the oppressive qualities of detention and avenues for research and action for community psychologists.Abstract Drawing on almost 3 years of fieldwork, comprising qualitative interviews and ethnographic observations, this study provides an exploration into the detention of illegalized non-citizens in Italy. Taking the largest detention center as a case study, the fabric of everyday life and the lived experiences of people, both detainees and professional actors, are the focus of examination. An ecological community psychology framework, with a focus on justice, guided the data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Findings highlight the oppressive qualities of detention, and its ripple effects on people's life spaces. Scarcity of resources, activities, and information created a very distressing environment for detainees, also enhancing feelings of powerlessness and frustration in professionals willing to assist them. Uncertainty and instability, rather than coercion or discipline, emerged as modes of governing and dominating. Bound in a different space and time, detainees were turned into unwanted and expendable others, their confinement becoming a means to extract profit from them. Yet, people languishing in these sites displayed an extraordinary ability to cope with, resist, and challenge the persisting conditions of injustice they endured. We conclude by highlighting the potential of the proposed framework, and discussing broader implications of our findings and avenues for research and action.

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Policy Statement on the Incarceration of Undocumented Migrant Families

Cited by 6 publications

References 14 publications

Meaningful Engagement in Research: Community Residents as Co‐creators of Knowledge

Meaningful Engagement in Research: Community Residents as Co‐creators of Knowledge

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Ecology of Sites of Confinement: Everyday Life in a Detention Center for Illegalized Non‐citizens

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