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

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

Journal of Community Positive Practices, 2013, issue 3, 25-35

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Children and adolescents; undocumented immigrants; mental health; immigration enforcement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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