SSWs perceive meso-level community and school contexts, including 287g programs and ICE activity, as shaping immigrant families' fear and access¶

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q2 i? SSWs report that state and local policies and practices, such as 287g law-enforcement cooperation, produce fear of deportation that deters families from seeking help and school resources. → Rodriguez 2022

Evidence¶

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

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Open-ended survey responses analyzed thematically at the meso level. A suburban Georgia SSW described 287g enforcement producing fear; other respondents described ICE raids, schools as "not an arm of the law," and districts' inequitable resource distribution limiting SSW action.

"In my state and county, the 287g program is widely enforced and our undocumented population lives in fear of deportation a great deal of the time. Parents are very reluctant to seek help for their children from avenues like Juvenile Court or law enforcement, even if/when the parent or other family members are being harmed."

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