Mechanisms of Deterrence

Federal Immigration Policies and the Erosion of Immigrant Children’s Rights

Bibliographic Data

ID11028787
AuthorsSunday Star, Benjamin J Roth (0000-0002-1549-4440, The authors are with the College of Social Work, University of South Carolina, Columbia.), Breanne L Grace (The authors are with the College of Social Work, University of South Carolina, Columbia.), Hariati Azizan, Kristen D Seay (0000-0003-1899-4931, The authors are with the College of Social Work, University of South Carolina, Columbia.)
Year2020
Volume110
Issue1
Pages84-86
Publication date2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2019.305388
OpenAlexW31725316
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited8

In this commentary, we highlight the US government’s proposed changes to the Flores Settlement Agreement, a federal legal settlement from the 1990s that ensures that child welfare principles are applied to immigrant children. We describe how Flores should be understood as mitigating child trauma by ensuring a baseline standard of treatment of immigrant children. We outline how children experience trauma throughout the migration course and argue that the proposed changes decrease standards of care through indefinite child detention, separation, and delicensing immigrant child detention facilities. We draw on the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study to consider the effect these multiplying forms of trauma may have on children

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