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“We Are Not Criminals”: Social Work Advocacy and Unauthorized Migrants
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This two-year pilot study of male Mexican migrants in Freehold, New Jersey explored how day laborers perceive their struggles to support families despite escalating anti-immigrant legislation at virtually all levels of government.Abstract:
Using semistructured interviews and participant observation, this two-year pilot study of male Mexican migrants in Freehold, New Jersey, explored how day laborers perceive their struggles to support families despite escalating anti-immigrant legislation at virtually all levels of government. In particular, the author looks at efforts by Mexican migrants to contest characterizations of them as "illegal," a term that has clear connotations of criminality, and to distance themselves from others who commit crimes. Migrants questioned the moral legitimacy of U.S. immigration laws, an indicator that vigorous legal efforts to thwart their arrival could prove fruitless. This finding is critical for social work, which must find the means to serve this vulnerable population. Language: enread more
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Third Sector Organizations and Migration: A Systematic Literature Review on the Contribution of Third Sector Organizations in View of Flight, Migration and Refugee Crises
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a systematic literature review that maps the scholarly debate on TSOs and migration, identifying four domains of TSO migration engagement: first, the direct provision of basic services and social welfare; second, migrant-oriented capacity development; third, systemoriented advocacy; and fourth, complementary research activities.
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Is Social Work Still Racist? A Content Analysis of Recent Literature
Nicole A Corley,Stephen M. Young +1 more
TL;DR: Content analysis of articles on Asian Pacific Islander Americans, African Americans, Latinx or Hispanic Americans, and Native or Indigenous Americans in four major social work journals published between 2005 and 2015 suggests that social work researchers are still failing to address institutional racism and are relying heavily on micro-level interventions when working with minoritized groups.
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Deaths in the Desert: The Human Rights Crisis on the U.S.–Mexico Border
David Androff,Kyoko Y. Tavassoli +1 more
TL;DR: The criminalization of immigration has resulted in a human rights crisis in three areas: the rise of deaths and injuries of migrants crossing the border in harsh and remote locations, the use of mass hearings to prosecute apprehended migrants, and abuses of migrants in immigration detention.
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Fear vs. Facts: Examining the economic impact of undocumented immigrants in the U.S.
TL;DR: The authors examined existing state and national data and found that undocumented immigrants do contribute to the economies of federal, state, and local governments through taxes and can stimulate job growth, but the cost of providing law enforcement, health care, and education impacts federal and state governments differently.
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The “Poli-Migra”: Multilayered Legislation, Enforcement Practices, and What We Can Learn About and From Today’s Approaches
TL;DR: The authors discusses what we know about immigration law in the lives of Latinos today and what we learn from this knowledge to possibly establish links beyond specific case studies to formulate sound policy reform and to theorize more broadly about immigrant incorporation.
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Social Work Practice
Veronica Coulshed,Joan Orme +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a theory for practice of social work processes in the context of crisis intervention and problem-solving practice in cognitive-behavioural work, focusing on children and families working with adults working with groups working with communities.
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Reflections on the Great Immigration Battle of 2006 and the Future of the Americas
TL;DR: On May Day 2006, millions of undocumented immigrants and their supporters demonstrated in dozens of cities and communities throughout the U.S. The Chicago march opened the path for millions of demonstrators, primarily but not exclusively Latinos, to demonstrate for their rights as mentioned in this paper, which culminated in May Day protest rallies and boycotts throughout the country and in some Latin American countries.