Immigration Enforcement and the Mental Health of Latino High School Students

Autor/inn/en	Capps, Randy; Cardoso, Jodi Berger; Brabeck, Kalina
Institution	Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
Titel	Immigration Enforcement and the Mental Health of Latino High School Students
Quelle	(2020), (72 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Immigration; Law Enforcement; Undocumented Immigrants; Hispanic American Students; High School Students; Mental Health; Fear; Stress Variables; Trauma; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Social Discrimination; Financial Problems; Resilience (Psychology); Religious Factors; Family Environment; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Anxiety; Substance Abuse; Crime; Incidence; Low Income Students; Texas; Rhode Island + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gesetzesvollzug; Illegaler Aufenthalt; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Psychohygiene; Furcht; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Familienmilieu; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Angst; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Vorkommen
Abstract	This report examines links between immigration enforcement, related fears, and the mental health of Latino youth. It presents the findings of a survey of Latino students at five high schools in Harris County, Texas, and six high schools in four Rhode Island cities, conducted during the 2018-19 school year. The survey explored students' fears of and exposure to immigration enforcement, as well as other stressors such as trauma, discrimination, and economic hardship; personal strengths such as resilience, spirituality, and family support; symptoms of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); and substance use. The survey was supplemented by interviews with education professionals and key community stakeholders. The study sites offer contrasting immigration-enforcement contexts. Harris County, Texas, had the most U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests of any county nationwide in FY 2018, and Texas law bars local law enforcement agencies from refusing to cooperate with ICE in identifying and holding noncitizens for deportation. Rhode Island has a relatively low level of ICE activity and has restricted local law enforcement cooperation with the federal agency. Further, all schools involved in the study represent a range of educational contexts including traditional public high schools, schools with alternative programming for recently arrived immigrants, and charter schools. Still, they share important characteristics: all but one school were majority-Latino and located in low-income neighborhoods. [This report was written with Michael Fix and Ariel G. Ruiz Soto.] (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01