Large-Scale Immigration Worksite Raids and Mixed-Status Families: Separation, Financial Crisis, and Family Role Rearrangement

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• Alternative Title:
  Fam Community Health
• Personal Author:
  Lopez, William D. ; Collins, Katherine M. ; Cervantes, Guadalupe R. ; Reynosa, Dalila ; Salazar, Julio C. ; Novak, Nicole L.
• Description:
  Background:
  
  Mixed-status families–whose members have multiple immigration statuses–are common in U.S. immigrant communities. Large-scale worksite raids, an immigration enforcement tactic used throughout U.S. history, returned during the Trump administration. Yet little research characterizes the impacts of these raids, especially as related to mixed-status families.
  
  Objectives:
  
  The current study 1) describes a working definition of a large-scale worksite raid and 2) considers impacts of these raids on mixed-status families.
  
  Methods:
  
  We conducted semi-structured interviews in Spanish and English at six communities that experienced the largest worksite raids in 2018. Participants were 77 adults who provided material, emotional, or professional support following raids. Qualitative analysis methods were used to develop a codebook and code all interviews.
  
  Results:
  
  The unpredictability of worksite raids resulted in chaos and confusion, often stemming from potential family separation. Financial crises followed due to the removal of primary financial providers. In response, families rearranged roles to generate income.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  Large-scale worksite raids result in similar harms to mixed-status families as other enforcement tactics, but on a much larger scale. They also uniquely drain community resources, with long-term impacts. Advocacy and policy efforts are needed to mitigate damage and end this practice.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Emigrants And Immigrants Emigration And Immigration Family Relations Hispanic Or Latino Humans Workplace
• Source:
  Fam Community Health. 45(2):59-66
• Pubmed ID:
  35125488
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8858889
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U48 DP005021/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP006389/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48DP005021/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  45
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7a43a95782b1c4525033ddc352108c7559326c8863874222c9980c577a0e3e68
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/114726/cdc_114726_DS1.pdf
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