School social workers perceive immigration enforcement as a daily macro-level force producing fear and trauma among immigrant students and families¶
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q2 i? SSWs report that immigration enforcement and threat of deportation are commonplace daily stressors for immigrant students and families, with trauma referenced by approximately 15% of respondents. → Rodriguez 2022
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Rodriguez 2022¶
Rodriguez, Roth, & Villarreal Sosa. (2022). "Immigration Enforcement Is a Daily Part of Our Students' Lives": School Social Workers' Perceptions of Racialized Nested Contexts of Reception for Immigrant Students. AERA Open. https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584211073170
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Thematic analysis of open-ended survey responses from a national survey of school social workers (N = 517) in immigrant-serving schools. One SSW explained that "immigration enforcement is a daily part of our students' and families' lives," with students living in fear of deportation.
"This trauma from the fear of immigration enforcement was referred to explicitly or implicitly (e.g., bullying, deportation, separation, and ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] raids) by approximately 15% of respondents."
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School social workers perceive immigration enforcement as a daily macro-level force producing fear and trauma among immigrant students and families |
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School social workers perceive immigration enforcement as a daily macro-level force producing fear and trauma among immigrant students and families |
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