Introduction
In America there are approximately 5.5 million Latino children with undocumented parents, an estimated seventy-five percent of these children are American citizens (Rubio-Hernandez & Ayon, 2016). Immigrant children are the United States fasted growing population (Pine & Drachman, 2005). “Undocumented immigrants (also called illegal immigrants) are those who not have valid immigration documents. They may have expired temporary visas or may have entered the country without the knowledge of immigration authorities” (Pine & Drachman, 2005, p. 542). The needs of these immigrants or children of immigrants are not being met, and our mainstream institutions and professions to meet these needs (child welfare agencies, schools, etc.) are …show more content…
Our Arizona immigrant families, even legal ones are barred from obtaining welfare benefits, disability payments, public health insurance (Pine & Drachman, 2005), and are faced with discrimination, racial profiling, police persecution, detentions, deportation (Valdez, Padilla, & Valentine, 2013). Immigrant families that are facing barriers to citizenship live in fear of deportation which can prevent them from seeking out professional services, public services or trusting social work professionals. They can lose their children to the child welfare system and then not understand requirements to getting their children back or having kinship care due to legal status. These families if lacking in the English language also are at the biggest risk of being exploited in the labor division with undesirable jobs, lower income, and hostile work environments (Pine & Drachman, 2005). The main reason I wish to raise awareness to this issue is because the discrimination and unfair treatment is easily avoidable with the right amount of support, education and connection between professionals, families and communities. This is what I will discuss in my strength based approach for …show more content…
I did not find contradictions in the literature, but corrections on updated information. What I found interesting was the knowledge base of this social oppression issue but nothing being done about it. These different sources of literature identify, verify and discuss the issues that immigrant families face especially in the child welfare system; yet I did not find any sources of action being taken. I did notice, and one of the articles pointed this out as well that immigration and child welfare needs has only been given attention in the past twenty years (Pine & Drachman,
In America there are approximately 5.5 million Latino children with undocumented parents, an estimated seventy-five percent of these children are American citizens (Rubio-Hernandez & Ayon, 2016). Immigrant children are the United States fasted growing population (Pine & Drachman, 2005). “Undocumented immigrants (also called illegal immigrants) are those who not have valid immigration documents. They may have expired temporary visas or may have entered the country without the knowledge of immigration authorities” (Pine & Drachman, 2005, p. 542). The needs of these immigrants or children of immigrants are not being met, and our mainstream institutions and professions to meet these needs (child welfare agencies, schools, etc.) are …show more content…
Our Arizona immigrant families, even legal ones are barred from obtaining welfare benefits, disability payments, public health insurance (Pine & Drachman, 2005), and are faced with discrimination, racial profiling, police persecution, detentions, deportation (Valdez, Padilla, & Valentine, 2013). Immigrant families that are facing barriers to citizenship live in fear of deportation which can prevent them from seeking out professional services, public services or trusting social work professionals. They can lose their children to the child welfare system and then not understand requirements to getting their children back or having kinship care due to legal status. These families if lacking in the English language also are at the biggest risk of being exploited in the labor division with undesirable jobs, lower income, and hostile work environments (Pine & Drachman, 2005). The main reason I wish to raise awareness to this issue is because the discrimination and unfair treatment is easily avoidable with the right amount of support, education and connection between professionals, families and communities. This is what I will discuss in my strength based approach for …show more content…
I did not find contradictions in the literature, but corrections on updated information. What I found interesting was the knowledge base of this social oppression issue but nothing being done about it. These different sources of literature identify, verify and discuss the issues that immigrant families face especially in the child welfare system; yet I did not find any sources of action being taken. I did notice, and one of the articles pointed this out as well that immigration and child welfare needs has only been given attention in the past twenty years (Pine & Drachman,