Simulational Immigration Case Study

Deportation can have a psychological effect amongst families with mixed status as far as who is a U.S. citizen and who is an immigrant. In a study between July 2010 and September 2012 out of the 205,000 people who were deported, reported that there was at least one U.S. citizen child resulting in 90,000 parents who were deported (Psychological Impact of Detention & Deportation 2). Statistics like these demonstrate how the system is corrupted and needs to be fixed and mended. Families are constantly getting ripped apart because of an unequal status among family members. Psychologically, the deportations can affect family members, especially children. Children of immigrant parents live in fear because their parents may get deported. This is

Immigration affects families in many different ways. In the book “Enrique’s Journey” by Sonia Nazario, family is a core element. After Enrique’s mother leaves for the U.S., the whole concept of their family gets distorted. The walking out of Enrique’s father and the abandonment of his grandmother help to disband the family even more. Enrique also threatens to repeat the same mistakes his family made with his daughter when he considers leaving her behind in Honduras. Family is the central theme in Enrique’s Journey because of his relationship and resentment with his mother, the rejection of his father and grandmother, and Enrique’s decision to leave his daughter, Jasmin, behind.

Junior the oldest child is married to Lola and has four children. He lacks a college education and even though he’s taking classes he’s very economic unstable as well. The third Sanchez children Vicki was diagnosed with autism and this was very challenging for the whole family. There is a level of uncertainty about Vicki’s future thinking and how she will be able to take care of herself when her parents are no longer able to. If this wasn’t enough, there is also Roberto who is the son of Celia’s sister Delores and is currently living with them. Roberto has been having serious health problems that have made it difficult for him to work. He’s illegally in the country and doesn’t know how to start the legal process to apply for residency. Roberto also wants to move out and provide for himself, but his recurring health issues are making it impossible.

The Foster Care System with the kids who are in it is a massive social issue that America is facing today. There are more than 640,000 foster children in the United States every year. There are 23,000 foster children living in group homes at one time. There are 32,000 who live in institutions, and twenty-seven states do not meet federal abuse and neglect standards. (Attention) Personally, I am a foster sister, because my family currently fosters. Therefore, we see the issues and needs of fostering, daily. (Rapport and Credibility) This speech will discuss the importance of the nature of foster care, the catastrophic problems of foster care, and the proposed solution for the foster care system in America. (Preview)

A common misconception is that legalizing illegal immigrants would just result in “criminals” running around the streets causing disturbances. Who is ignored is the benefit of a very specific population of Americans, the sons and daughters of illegal immigrants. American children are harmed every time one or both of their parents is deported as a result of the lack of an immigration reform. In the article, “Children of Illegal Immigrants Struggle When Parents Are Deported” Valbrun states that “the government deported more than 46,000 parents of children with U.S. citizenship in the first half of 2011, according to the ARC report.” In these conditions, jailed parents cannot fight for their children’s custody and at times lose it to the government who then puts the children out for adoption or in foster care when they already have loving parents. Properly legalizing immigrants would improve the lives of many American children and improve the American social aspects with more

In the United States, US born children also suffer when it comes to immigration and deportation because although they are US born, their parents are not, parents are at major risk of being deported because a large part of them entered the country illegally or with a Visa but remained in the country after it expired. In the past decade, nearly 2 million persons were removed from the country, 81 % of them to Latin America. Of the estimated 11.7 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States, 52 % are from Mexico (Passel et al. 2013), placing them at greatest risk for deportation. Because of the workplace raids that occurred in 2006 and 2007, 900 undocumented

Studies show, within 3 months, 80,000 illegals were deported from just Texas and many more in five other states; 700,000 returned to Mexico voluntarily, 488,000 in two other states (Nagle). A child born in the country from foreign parents are citizens at birth and it should not be taken away from them. “Former representative Nathan Deal of Georgia had a better idea, and he introduced a bill proposing that being born in the U.S. only confers citizenship if one child’s parents is a U.S. citizen” (Nagle). When parents are deported their children don’t have a choice whether they go with their parent or stay, the government chooses it for them. Some parents don’t know they can request return upon deportation or their children could be replaced with their relatives or take them with them to their home (Valbrun). A mother sent a request to visit her child but got no response and her child was taken care by strangers and the mother did not accept this idea. Obama stated that they are focusing on deporting immigrants that have committed crimes. “It’s clearly un-American to take kids away from loving families” (Valbrun). Social workers say children are better off living with middle class Americans than their own “poor” parents who want to try to make a living in a new place. An immigrant parent’s worst fear is to be deported and abandon their child

In the past few decades there has be an increasing amount of children placed in the foster care system. With the amount of rising teen pregnancies and maternal drug abuse means increasing numbers of infants abandoned at birth. There have been many cases of child abuse or neglect that have been on the rise. State and local agencies are unable to suitably supervise foster homes or arrange adoptions. Statistics show that many children will spend most of their childhood and teenage years in the foster care system, which has shown to leave emotional scars on the child. Today, Child Welfare groups are looking for federal funding and legislation to increase programs and services aimed at keeping families together.

Juana’s and Adelina’s stories are slightly similar to mine but overall they are quite different. Me and my sister were born here in the United States. I was born in San

One of the worst effects of deportation of parents and separation from their families is that many children are sent to foster care for long periods and are put up for adoption. However, these children are subject to not being able to see their ever again, meaning they are permanently separated from their parents. (p 408) After parental deportation, the intersection of child welfare and immigration enforcement is treacherous from all directions, even though, detention and deportation separates families on the front end, child welfare lacks on the policy to facilitate the reunification of children with their parents in other countries. (Wessler, p.414) The comparison of the articles is that undocumented people goes through so much to come to the United States, and it’s sad the government deports these parents back across the country causing their children to never see them

The Obama administration focused on the encouragement of prosecutorial discretion by Immigration and Custom Enforcement where the focus was on threat and danger. However, this also failed because ICE failed to implement this discretion (Rabin 2014). These policies demonstrate the bureaucratic arrangement of the government when in regards to immigration control. It also shows how the lack of oversight of the U.S. president on these agencies could lead to a lack of proper law enforcement. Unfortunately, policies of deportation have a large negative effect on the children than the adults that these laws are seeking to prosecute. Hwang and Parreñas state that, “the growing influence of nationalist politics and big businesses trumps the interests of the family in US immigration policies, resulting in the prolonged and forcible separation of working-class and poor migrant families” (Hwang and Parreñas 2010). A question of ethics can be raised here because taking the parents away from a legal child seems harsh. The status of children should be considered when determining the risk factor of illegal immigrants as well as the likelihood of their deportation. It does not seem ethical to separate families, especially when the children are citizens. Also deportation is not an effective method in curbing illegal immigration because

According to the article “Are We Where Yet?” “More than 5,000 children are living in foster care as a result of immigration enforcement procedures that separate immigrant families”(Molina, “Are We There Yet?”). This is a big reason why the immigration reform bill should be passing, to help these kids have a better life. The article Are We There Yet? States that” Placing children and their best interests at the center of proposals for immigration reform will infuse the process with principled decision-making vis-à-vis children and reduce the number of children who are separated from their families as a result of immigration enforcement.”(Molina). The suffering of these children should be considered to make the immigration reform become true. Is it fair for these kids to live like this? with no parents and no family. The immigration reform is needed it and these children that were left behind need it now. Their parents are no criminals; they just came here looking for a better future for their family, to live the American

PER REPORTER: Antonio said he received a text from his daughter today informing him about her mother leaving her at home alone. Antonio said according to Nyasia, her mother left her last Tuesday and moved to North Carolina with her new boyfriend she met online. Nyasia asked her father if he could send her some money due to there not being any food in the home for her to eat. Antonio said he is not sure if the child’s mother left her in the home without food or if she just recently ran low on food. However, he said he plans to send Nyasia some money today through Western Union so she can get some food. He also mentioned that he plans to get his daughter sometime between now and Saturday. He said Nyasia told him that she has been going to school and that her last day is tomorrow; however, he said he is not sure how the child has been getting back and forth from school or if she is actually going.

Juan, John, and DeShawn were on the way to the Hospital in Chihuahua,Mexico to go see DeShawn's new baby brother, Unfortunately him and his friends Juan, And John Lost their passports in Japan last summer so they had no choice, but to cross the border illegally just to go see DeShawn's baby Brother. By the time they got to the Hospital DeShawn's was too late his mom was already working at her job in KFC His baby brother was already 4 weeks old by the time he reached the house his parents are living in, DeShawn and his friends stayed in a nearby hotel where Deshawn's mom would drop off his baby Brother Antonio Wyatt Rodriguez Smith Jenkins. The day before DeShawn, Juan And John had to head back to the US John had almost forgotten That he had

“The report followed studies by the institutes that found in homes where children are U.S.-born but their parents remain in the country illegally, those children can be held back from succeeding because of family stress, fear of parents being deported, poverty and reluctance to seek services and benefits (Pamela Constable).”