Case Study Reaction Paper ' The Sanchez Family '

Analyzing Economic Inequality in Hispanic Immigrant Population in the United States by Using Micro/Macro-Level Lenses

One of the issues that the family is encountering will be financially since they are a lot of members living in the same house. Another family member is Alejandro living with them who works and goes to college. Alejandro is fully bilingual and is trying to help his parents, but dislikes his job and has been feeling emotionally unstable. There is also Carmen who is hearing impaired due to Celia contracting rubella while pregnant. Carmen needs help figuring out what college she wants to attend and how to get scholarships and this will possibly put the family at a financial hardship. There’s also the other daughter Emilia who had Joey and he’s been with parents’ in

One of the issues that the family is encountering will be financial since they are a lot of members living in the same house. Another family member is Alejandro living with them who works and goes to college. Alejandro is fully bilingual and is trying to help his parents but dislikes his job and has been feeling emotionally unstable. There is also Carmen who is hearing impaired due to Celia contracting rubella while pregnant. Carmen needs help figuring out what college she wants to attend and how to get scholarships and this will possibly put the family at a financial hardship. There’s also the other daughter Emilia who had Joey and he’s being with parents’ in

Reyna, Mago, and Carlos face various hardships while growing up in Iguala, Guerrero, in Mexico. The primary challenge that they face is poverty. In the 1950s and 60s, even though the country’s economical situation began to improve after the Great Depression, there was still massive unemployment, the inability of the government to provide proper education, and the devaluation of the peso that increased the economic burden in Mexico (Kehor and Meza). Therefore, their parents leave for the United States for better opportunities. Their grandmother has the sole responsibility of providing basic needs to her

Are Roberto 's aspirations based on fact? Can he convert his status from undocumented worker to legal resident? How might you go about finding out whether this is possible?

We find out that Marcela and her little brother were raised in poverty by a Mexican woman named

When looking at the Hispanic/Latino ethnic groups some may think they are all from the same country because of their culture, and the fact that many speak Spanish. However, this is not the case, and when looking at the unique features associated with each ethnic group, it is easy to see the differences between them. All of the Latino/Hispanic ethnic groups have differences and this can even be heard in the dialect used to speak Spanish, such as the case when listening to Puerto Ricans and Mexicans speaking Spanish. In an effort to have a better understanding of elder Mexicans, this paper will look at the Mexican sub-culture, and the features associated with the family dynamics, gender roles, acculturation patters, as well as religious contemporary issues such as taking care of an elder family member. We will examine ways to engage, assess, discuss ways of intervention, and review ways to ensure that effective evaluations are completed.

her younger brother Jonas, and her head strong mother are separated from their father and deported to

This article is about a Social Worker advocating for undocumented Latino families here in the United States. The article addresses the needs for undocumented Latino immigrants as they attempt to settle in America. These needs include mental health, physical health care, education, information and support services, and community effort. It talks about the economic crisis that has left the Latinos with higher unemployment rates. In certain parts of the country, it is mandatory to have documents proving their legal residency in the U.S before receiving health care services.

Roughly 70% of South LA / SPA 6 are Latino and are employed in labor-intensive jobs. According to the Pew research center (2017) immigrants are mostly like to be in these areas of employment: construction, apparel manufacturing, agriculture, cooks, day labors, fast food, gardening, housekeeping and childcare services, and other areas that usually pay minimum wage. In this economy, a household making minimum usually needs both parents working two to three full-time jobs, if not their household becomes impoverished as those in SPA 6. When you take away a major and most needed resource as money, you are left with relying on supplements, such as food stamps to feed one’s household. In SPA 6, a known food desert with food insecurities, many meals

Joaquin and Estrella both know the hardships that people can face without obtaining an education. Joaquin and Estrella both graduated from high school, but never completed a college degree. Cardenas and Kerby (2012) stated that while the Latino population are growing in numbers receiving an education, only 13% ages 25-29 had received a bachelor’s degree. Causing this minority population to come in last rank for attainment for higher education. Both the Castillo parents want better futures for their children and push for both of them to further their education after high school. Matteo talks about going off to the local community college first, due to he does not want to move far from the family. Sophia already plans on maintaining her grades, so after high school she can get out of the City of Ceres, and move to a University campus. Sophia and her friends talk about going to other states, but Sophia is only concerned with getting a better education, and getting out and seeing the world. She continues to be an active participant in the Latino school clubs, and volunteers at the local community center making sure the kids have afterschool activities. There has been firm rules put in place for both of the kids after they graduate, and that is either continue on with school, or find a job so they can move out and support themselves.

This policy requires Food Assistance programs to be means-tested, which prevents anyone who does not pass those tests no assistance. Those people still may need that assistance but because they did not qualify, they would not receive any. Because the policy was constructed like this, it does not accurately benefit a household the way it intends to. The policy also requires states to authorize regular reportings of change that is done in households that are for the elderly or disabled, migrants or seasonal farmworkers, or homeless (congress.gov)”. These reportings are done to see if the family still needs the assistance and is also used to see whether or not there has been any changes in the household. Due to the history with the fraud, the current policy has become stricter on giving assistance in order to prevent similar situations. Though, because of those rules and regulations on the policy it has blocked households who are in need of the assistance and those

Their nightmare started in July 2013 when they were stopped by the Los Angeles police department for over speeding on their way back from a friend’s party. Even though over speeding sounds like a minor offence, they were both arrested and detained at the Adelanto Detention Facility due to Diego’s driving history and their inability to provide appropriate residential documents. Camila had to go live with her aunt’s family while Diego and Camila were deported after a two-month trial. To make things worse, Mariana was sent to foster care due to the court’s ruling that her aunt was unfit to raise

This example of a family’s interesting dynamics that come about can be seen in a show called, “The Fosters.” In this show, the Foster family lives in San Diego where Stef Foster and Lena Adams (in later seasons being Lena Adams-Foster) parent five children, four of them being foster children and one coming from a previous marriage. The children’s names are Brandon (17yrs old), who is the oldest, Mariana (16) and Jesus (16), who are twins that were adopted after Stef and Lena got together, and Callie (17) and Jude (13) who are siblings that both got adopted. Stef is the birth mother of Brandon, coming from a previous relationship with another charater named Mike.

family is currently going through health, housing and economic issues. The Ramirez family consists of the father Mr. Juan Ramirez, age 81. Maria Ramirez, age 42, is the oldest daughter and Olga, age 28 is the youngest. Daughter Maria has two children they are Marco, age 22, who is diagnosed with Autism and daughter Lisa, 17 years old. The social worker has applied the strength perspective and the ecosystems perspective in helping them to assist their issues. The prioritized issues that will be face are Mr. Ramirez health issues, the possibility of loosing their home, and the economic issues the family is facing at the moment. The social work will abide