David A. Bednar, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ, once stated that “A home with a loving and loyal husband and wife is the supreme setting in which children can be reared in love and righteousness and in which the spiritual and physical needs of children can be met." With this in mind, do deportations affect the growth of children not only physically but emotionally? What happens to the children who are left stranded? As American citizens, it is important to realize how deportations affect the lives of children who are the future of America.
According to the Applied Research Center report in 2011, there were around 5,100 children who were living in foster care away from their arrested or deported …show more content…
The answer is yes. What happens to these children who are left behind? They suffer from mental and emotional pain. The children who are left behind, later grow up and sometimes become dysfunctional citizens in our society. Not only will these citizens fear develop into “legal violence,” but it will be passed on from generation to generation. This constant fear of being deported results in, not trusting the government, not wanting to stay in school and other consequences. Research in success in school shows that hispanics have some of the lowest numbers in terms of grades and in contrast have some of the highest dropout rates. According to several studies this could have a direct correlation to the fact that the kids suffering from the absence of a parent suffer from emotional pain, causing their drive for success in school to decrease as well as them eventually dropping out. The mixed-status of families causes separation when one member is deported, this should raise a question to all the people who are pro-deportation. Is deportation affecting our country negatively or positively? With part of the family here and the other part in their home country the negative effects are are unavoidable. Parents are usually the ones who are illegal, with them having to leave their children, their children are left with the psychological issues that are stirred in the child from the absence. The negative effects of deportation include “legal violence,” trauma, economic instability, poor decision making due to emotional pain, higher dropout rates, less success in school, and not trusting the government. While the pro deportation side will say that it could give citizens back there jobs, they are still not guaranteed employment. With this being one of their stronger arguments it almost feels like they are generalizing to one specific group of Illegals.
According to the Applied Research Center report in 2011, there were around 5,100 children who were living in foster care away from their arrested or deported …show more content…
The answer is yes. What happens to these children who are left behind? They suffer from mental and emotional pain. The children who are left behind, later grow up and sometimes become dysfunctional citizens in our society. Not only will these citizens fear develop into “legal violence,” but it will be passed on from generation to generation. This constant fear of being deported results in, not trusting the government, not wanting to stay in school and other consequences. Research in success in school shows that hispanics have some of the lowest numbers in terms of grades and in contrast have some of the highest dropout rates. According to several studies this could have a direct correlation to the fact that the kids suffering from the absence of a parent suffer from emotional pain, causing their drive for success in school to decrease as well as them eventually dropping out. The mixed-status of families causes separation when one member is deported, this should raise a question to all the people who are pro-deportation. Is deportation affecting our country negatively or positively? With part of the family here and the other part in their home country the negative effects are are unavoidable. Parents are usually the ones who are illegal, with them having to leave their children, their children are left with the psychological issues that are stirred in the child from the absence. The negative effects of deportation include “legal violence,” trauma, economic instability, poor decision making due to emotional pain, higher dropout rates, less success in school, and not trusting the government. While the pro deportation side will say that it could give citizens back there jobs, they are still not guaranteed employment. With this being one of their stronger arguments it almost feels like they are generalizing to one specific group of Illegals.