I Remember When Donald Trump Was Elected. It Broke a lot of Refugees' Hearts

Refugee Perspectives on the Post-2016 U.S. Political Climate

Bibliographic Data

ID2501617
AuthorsMallory Funk (0000-0002-0101-5058, Brigham Young University, corresponding author), Stacey A Shaw (0000-0003-2138-865X, Brigham Young University), Stacey Shaw
Year2022
Volume21
Issue4
Pages1100-1123
Publication date2022-02-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAdvances in Social Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1527-8565 • E-ISSN: 2331-4125
PublisherIUPUI University Library (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.18060/25184
OpenAlexW4214608071
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited38

Recent U.S. refugee policy and political rhetoric have sanctioned anti-refugee sentiment, fostering beliefs of refugees as other, threatening, or less than. Following the transition into the Trump administration, interviews with 88 refugees resettled long-term in the U.S. were conducted to examine the impact of the post-2016 political climate. Major themes included feelings of uncertainty regarding refugee status and stability, changes in perception of U.S. citizenship, and a sense of unwelcome. The harmful effects of political environments must be recognized in order to appropriately support refugee communities through social service programming and advocacy. Social workers can elevate refugee voices while working to improve resettlement services and enhance supportive social policy. Increased attention to refugee perspectives may facilitate understanding and decrease stigma moving forward in a new political era

Citizenship · Feeling · Political science · Politics · Psychiatry · Public relations · Refugee · Rhetoric · Sociology · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work