scholarly journals The psychological effects of forced family separation on asylum-seeking children and parents at the US-Mexico border: A qualitative analysis of medico-legal documents

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. e0259576
Author(s):  
Kathryn Hampton ◽  
Elsa Raker ◽  
Hajar Habbach ◽  
Linda Camaj Deda ◽  
Michele Heisler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health Treatment ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Family Separation ◽  
Zero Tolerance Policy ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Children And Parents ◽  
The Us ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The U.S

The U.S. government forcibly separated more than 5,000 children from their parents between 2017 and 2018 through its “Zero Tolerance” policy. It is unknown how many of the children have since been reunited with their parents. As of August 1, 2021, however, at least 1,841 children are still separated from their parents. This study systematically examined narratives obtained as part of a medico-legal process by trained clinical experts who interviewed and evaluated parents and children who had been forcibly separated. The data analysis demonstrated that 1) parents and children shared similar pre-migration traumas and the event of forced family separation in the U.S.; 2) they reported signs and symptoms of trauma following reunification; 3) almost all individuals met criteria for DSM diagnoses, even after reunification; 4) evaluating clinicians consistently concluded that mental health treatment was indicated for both parents and children; and 5) signs of malingering were absent in all cases.

scholarly journals Disappearing refugees inside the United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 144-146
Author(s):  
Gerald Gray
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
El Paso ◽  
The United States ◽  
Investigative Journalism ◽  
Family Separation ◽  
Refugee Families ◽  
Children And Parents ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
Survivors Of Torture ◽  
The U.S

I have been working as a psychotherapist and social worker with refugee survivors of torture since 1990. I am now involved at the Texas-Mexico border, drawn there by the torture of refugee families and their children who are disappeared under the U.S. Administration’s phrase, “family separation.” In the El Paso Sector, I collaborate with several clinical, legal, and investigative journalism organizations. We’ve read of the thousands of children and parents disappeared from one another at the border under that official phrase “family separation.”

Immigration and Family Separation in the U.S. at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

1993 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 191-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arodys Robles ◽  
Susan Cotts Watkins
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Turn Of The Century ◽  
Family Separation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ethnic Stereotypes ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Living Together ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
The U.S

This essay provides the first quantitative and comparative estimates based on a nationally representative sample of the extent and duration of family separation associated with immigration to the U.S. at the turn of the century. It uses information from the Public Use Sample of the 1910 U.S. Census to examine the separation of husbands and wives, and parents and children, and compares the largest ethnic groups (British, Irish, Scandinavians, Germans, Poles, Italians, and Jews). Of those couples who were living together at the time of the 1910 census and who had married before immigration, more than half immigrated in the same year. Children were often separated from their fathers but rather rarely from their mothers. Most separations of any kind were brief, usually lasting less than two years. Some of our estimates are in line with the findings of others, while in other cases they raise questions about ethnic myths and ethnic stereotypes.

Myth Busting

2019 ◽  
pp. 205-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathy Bussert-Webb ◽  
María E. Díaz
Keyword(s):  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Immigrant Parents ◽  
Agency Staff ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Parents Involvement ◽  
The U.S

This longitudinal qualitative study, involving low-income parents and children, tutorial-agency staff, and one college student (all Latinx), took place in a city along the U.S./Mexico border. Data sources included field notes through participant observation, questionnaires, and interviews. The authors asked, “How are parents involved in their children's education? What limitations or barriers do they express?” Using a social justice framework and grounded-theory data analysis, these types of parental involvement emerged: academic, social skills, school volunteerism, extracurricular activities, community, and college enrollment. Conversely, parents expressed involvement obstacles. Implications relate to changing the deficit discourse regarding low-income, immigrant parents' involvement. Collaborating with families to create equitable educational outcomes for minoritized children is imperative.

Myth Busting

2021 ◽  
pp. 353-376
Author(s):  
Kathy Bussert-Webb ◽  
María E. Díaz
Keyword(s):  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Immigrant Parents ◽  
Agency Staff ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Parents Involvement ◽  
The U.S

This longitudinal qualitative study, involving low-income parents and children, tutorial-agency staff, and one college student (all Latinx), took place in a city along the U.S./Mexico border. Data sources included field notes through participant observation, questionnaires, and interviews. The authors asked, “How are parents involved in their children's education? What limitations or barriers do they express?” Using a social justice framework and grounded-theory data analysis, these types of parental involvement emerged: academic, social skills, school volunteerism, extracurricular activities, community, and college enrollment. Conversely, parents expressed involvement obstacles. Implications relate to changing the deficit discourse regarding low-income, immigrant parents' involvement. Collaborating with families to create equitable educational outcomes for minoritized children is imperative.

scholarly journals A Description and Evaluation of the Concussion Education Application HEADS UP Rocket Blades

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Daugherty ◽  
Isa Miles ◽  
Kelly Sarmiento ◽  
Cristina Sansone ◽  
Emily Kroshus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Usability Testing ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Emergency Department Visits ◽  
Mobile Gaming ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Children And Parents ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Personal Use ◽  
Good Learning ◽  
Initial Impressions

Background. Concussions are responsible for numerous emergency department visits and hospitalizations among children annually. However, there remains a great deal of confusion about how to prevent and manage concussions in youth. To teach children aged 6 to 8 years about concussion safety, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) created a mobile gaming application called HEADS UP Rocket Blades. This report introduces the game and presents findings on its evaluation. Methods. The aim of the game is to teach children what a concussion is, its commons signs and symptoms, how to prevent one, and what to do if one occurs. An early version of the game went through two rounds of usability testing with children and parents to obtain initial impressions and make improvements. Results. The first round of usability testing focused on the mechanics of the game. Based on feedback from this session, CDC and the developers simplified the messaging and adjusted the game’s level of difficulty. The second round focused on the gaming experience. The children indicated that they enjoyed playing, and nearly all were able to relay at least one learning objective. Conclusions. Parents and children rated Rocket Blades as a good learning tool and indicated that they would download it for personal use.

scholarly journals In Harm's Way: Family Separation, Immigration Enforcement Programs and Security on the US-Mexico Border

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Slack ◽  
Daniel E. Martínez ◽  
Scott Whiteford ◽  
Emily Peiffer
Keyword(s):  
Immigration Enforcement ◽  
Family Separation ◽  
The Us ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
Us Mexico Border

The American Border Wall: A History of Legal Division

2021 ◽  
pp. 174387212098701
Author(s):  
Marie-Eve Loiselle
Keyword(s):  
American History ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
The Us ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Law ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Us Mexico Border

This article investigates the role the law has played in the construction of the US–Mexico border wall. It explores two episodes of wall-building in American history: the first surrounding the adoption of the Act of August 19, 1935, and the second the adoption of the Secure Fence Act of 2006, both authorizing the erection of a fence at the U.S.-Mexico border. The article observes that for each episode, the law provided the sites for the deployment of narratives that constructed Mexicans as “others,” instituting legal precedents that informed increasingly explicit and ambitious legal provisions for the construction of a border wall.

In Harm’s Way: Family Separation, Immigration Enforcement Programs and Security on the US-Mexico Border

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Slack ◽  
Daniel E. Martínez ◽  
Scott Whiteford ◽  
Emily Peiffer
Keyword(s):  
Immigration Enforcement ◽  
Family Separation ◽  
The Us ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
Us Mexico Border

scholarly journals The Face of the Problem: How Subordinates Shield Executives from Blame

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Sarah E. Croco ◽  
Jared McDonald ◽  
Candace Turitto
Keyword(s):  
Homeland Security ◽  
Real Life ◽  
City Manager ◽  
Family Separation ◽  
News Stories ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Face ◽  
Real Life Situation ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
The City

Abstract Though avoiding blame is often a goal of elected officials, there are relatively few empirical examinations of how citizens assign blame during controversies. We are particularly interested in how this process works when an executive has been caught in a lie. Using two survey experiments, we examine whether subordinates can shield executives when they act as the face of a crisis. We first leverage a real-life situation involving the family separation crisis at the US–Mexico border in 2018. Respondents who read that Donald Trump falsely claimed he could not end the practice of family separation disapprove of his dishonesty. Yet this cost disappears when Trump’s then-Secretary of Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen, is the primary official discussed in news stories. We then replicate these findings in a fictional scenario involving a city mayor, showing that the mayor is partially shielded from negative appraisals when the city manager lies on his behalf.

scholarly journals Impact of punitive immigration policies, parent-child separation and child detention on the mental health and development of children

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. e000338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura C N Wood
Keyword(s):  
Immigrant Communities ◽  
Family Separation ◽  
Immigration Control ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Government ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
Health And Development ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
Host Nation

In April 2018, the US government introduced a ‘zero tolerance’ illegal immigration control strategy at the US-Mexico border resulting in the detention of all adults awaiting federal prosecution for illegal entry and the subsequent removal of their children to separate child shelters across the USA. By June 2018, over 2300 immigrant children, including infants, had been separated from their parents for immigration purposes. Media reports and scenes of distraught families ignited global condemnation of US immigration policy and fresh criticism of immigration detention practices.Detention of children for immigration purposes is known to be practised in over 100 countries worldwide, despite a significant body of research demonstrating the extensive harm of such policies. This review explores and contextualises the key potential impacts of family separation and detention of children for immigration purposes including damaged attachment relationships, traumatisation, toxic stress and wider detrimental impacts on immigrant communities. As such, it is critical for host nation governments to cease the practice of family separation and child detention for immigration control and promote postmigration policies that protect children from further harm, promote resilience and enable recovery.

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