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Mental health problems of children of undocumented parents in the united states: A hidden crisis

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  • Jorge Delva
  • Pilar Horner
  • Ramiro Martinez
  • Laura Sanders
  • William D. Lopez
  • John Doering-white

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The ripple effects of immigration enforcement on the lives of citizen and undocumented children in the United States (U.S.) remain hidden. Amidst unpredictable and traumatic immigration enforcement policies and practices in the U.S., children of undocumented parents are exposed to stressors that severely threaten their mental well-being. A community-based participatory study revealed that many of these children suffer from considerable mental health problems. If immigration policies and practices in the U.S. do not change, millions of children will continue to suffer from their unmet mental health needs. Furthermore, these unmet mental health problems are likely to affect them into adulthood and engender a heavy human and economic cost for them and all of society.

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  • Jorge Delva & Pilar Horner & Ramiro Martinez & Laura Sanders & William D. Lopez & John Doering-white, 2013. "Mental health problems of children of undocumented parents in the united states: A hidden crisis," Journal of Community Positive Practices, Catalactica NGO, issue 3, pages 25-35.
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    1. Lovato, Kristina & Lopez, Corina & Karimli, Leyla & Abrams, Laura S., 2018. "The impact of deportation-related family separations on the well-being of Latinx children and youth: A review of the literature," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 95(C), pages 109-116.
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    3. Paul J Fleming & William D Lopez & Charo Ledon & Mikel Llanes & Adreanne Waller & Melanie Harner & Ramiro Martinez & Daniel J Kruger, 2019. "‘I’m going to look for you and take your kids’: Reproductive justice in the context of immigration enforcement," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(6), pages 1-13, June.
    4. Julia Shu-Huah Wang & Neeraj Kaushal, 2018. "Health and Mental Health Effects of Local Immigration Enforcement," NBER Working Papers 24487, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    5. Douglas S. Massey, 2018. "Finding the Lost Generation: Identifying Second-Generation Immigrants in Federal Statistics," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 677(1), pages 96-104, May.
    6. John Doering-White & Pilar Horner & Laura Sanders & Ramiro Martinez & William Lopez & Jorge Delva, 2016. "Testimonial Engagement: Undocumented Latina Mothers Navigating a Gendered Deportation Regime," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 17(2), pages 325-340, May.
    7. Lovato, Kristina, 2019. "Forced separations: A qualitative examination of how Latino/a adolescents cope with parental deportation," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 98(C), pages 42-50.

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