Unintended Trauma: The Role of Public Health Policy in the Detention of Migrant Children

Statz, Michele; Heidbrink, Lauren

doi:10.1016/j.lana.2021.100012

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“…In addition, medical professionals in Tijuana have stated that overcrowding in migrant centers due to expulsions is causing increases in dangerous medical conditions in newborns and young children. Many of these diseases if left untreated could result in death (Marouf, 2021; Statz & Heidbrink, 2021).…”

Section: Public Health As a Rationale For Discrimination And Exclusionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In so doing, Title 42 has effectively forced family separations on asylum seekers. As a result, children, adults, and family units who have already experienced much trauma and persecution in their home countries are further traumatized at the border and often suffer profound mental and physical health consequences (Statz & Heidbrink, 2021). Many migrants seeking refuge also experience kidnapping, torture, rape, and other violent attacks following their expulsion.…”

Section: Seeking Asylum In the United Statesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Sabatino (2022) estimates this number to have doubled from about 40 million in 2011 to about 80 million in 2020. Increasing violence, climate change effects, and instability in Central America, Venezuela, and Haiti have created thousands of new asylum seekers seeking refuge in the United States (Navarrete & Sanchez, 2020; Statz & Heidbrink, 2021). Unfortunately, the U.S. asylum system has not adjusted to these demands.…”

Section: Backlogs In Us Asylum and The Impact Of Restrictive Policiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Title 42 and the power to exclude: Asylum seekers and the denial of entry into the United States

Obinna

2023

Politics & Policy

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Debates to “secure the border” have often dominated immigration legislation. Since the COVID‐19 pandemic began, this rhetoric has intensified with the use of the Title 42 program to “expel” asylum seekers without hearing the merits of their case. This article outlines how the Title 42 policy has exacerbated dangerous border crossings while advancing discriminatory policies which disproportionately affect non‐White asylum seekers. Using the framework of Critical Race Theory, this article examines the impact(s) of race, ethnicity, and nationality within the immigration bureaucracy. It suggests that “race neutral” polices in immigration perpetuate racial subordination and exclusion for immigrants racialized as non‐White. Intertwined with xenophobia and anti‐immigrant bias, this work also suggests that public health rationales have long been used to exclude “unfit” or “unclean” migrants due to the “fear of contamination” and infection. The Title 42 program is a violation of human rights, immigration laws, and stipulations in the United Nations Charter which prohibits refugees from being expelled to countries where their lives or freedoms are threatened.Related ArticlesGarrett, Terence M. 2020. “The Security Apparatus, Federal Magistrate Courts, and Detention Centers as Simulacra: The Effects of Trump's Zero Tolerance Policy on Migrants and Refugees in the Rio Grande Valley.” Politics & Policy 48(2): 372–35. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12348.Garrett, Terence M., and Arthur J. Sementelli. 2022. “COVID‐19, Asylum Seekers, and Migrants on the Mexico–U.S. Border: Creating States of Exception.” Politics & Policy 50(4): 872–86. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12484.Silverman, Stephanie J. 2012. “‘Regrettable but Necessary?’ A Historical and Theoretical Study of the Rise of the U.K. Immigration Detention Estate and Its Opposition.” Politics & Policy 40(6): 1131–57. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747‐1346.2012.00393.x.

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Section: Public Health As a Rationale For Discrimination And Exclusionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Seeking Asylum In the United Statesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Backlogs In Us Asylum and The Impact Of Restrictive Policiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Title 42 and the power to exclude: Asylum seekers and the denial of entry into the United States

Obinna

2023

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“…Family separations do still occur at the U.S.-Mexico border, but the rate is much lower. From January to March 2021, an unprecedented 33,000 unaccompanied children arrived at the border (Statz & Heidbrink, 2021); although most of these children did not travel alone, they were deemed "unaccompanied" due to Title 42, a policy that instructs the U.S. Border Patrol to refuse entry to adults recently in a country where a communicable disease, such as COVID-19, is present (Statz & Heidbrink, 2021). Themselves turned away under Title 42, many parents sent their children to the U.S. alone rather than remain in Latin America under dangerous conditions (Kanno-Youngs, 2021).…”

Section: Impacts Of Us Immigration Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In response to this increasing number of "unaccompanied" children and teenagers, the DHHS opened new facilities for detained migrant children in converted convention centers, stadiums, and military bases, with as many as 5,000 beds (Statz & Heidbrink, 2021). Global public health scholars have identified how these facilities negatively affected migrants' mental and physical health and further increased vulnerability to COVID-19 (Keller & Wagner, 2020).…”

Section: Impacts Of Us Immigration Policymentioning

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Im/migrant Children’s Education Experiences and Families’ Sacrifices in a Global Pandemic

Oliveira¹,

Segel

2022

AERA Open

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Family separation policies’ impacts on children’s education and well-being are critical issues of our time. This paper argues through ethnographic study that although im/migrant parents believed in the promise of a better life for their children as they migrated, COVID-19 and remote schooling contributed to a breakdown in structures of care once they were in the United States. Thus, the experience of remote schooling during 2020 was a difficult task for parents and children who were already dealing with the trauma of detention or separation at the border. Ultimately, we argue that to understand the educational experiences of im/migrant parents and children in the United States, we must consider a multiple disruptions framework. The findings in this article reveal the layered consequences that broader immigration policy has on the everyday educational lives of im/migrant children and their parents.

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‘How Can I Have a Future?’: The Temporal Violence of Deportation

Heidbrink

2022

Journal of Intercultural Studies

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Unintended Trauma: The Role of Public Health Policy in the Detention of Migrant Children

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Title 42 and the power to exclude: Asylum seekers and the denial of entry into the United States

Title 42 and the power to exclude: Asylum seekers and the denial of entry into the United States

Im/migrant Children’s Education Experiences and Families’ Sacrifices in a Global Pandemic

‘How Can I Have a Future?’: The Temporal Violence of Deportation

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