William T. Grant Foundation Supported Study Finds Trump Immigration Policies Take Mental Toll on Latino Parents
A study by two professors found that Latino-American families’ mental health is suffering because of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration policies.
The study, which was published this month in the Journal of Adolescent Health, collected data from 54 Latino parents about mental health from six focus groups and more than 200 surveys. Researchers found that although 30 percent of the parents sampled were undocumented, more than two-thirds of parents were worried about family separation, suggesting that immigration policies are creating stress for both legal and undocumented immigrants.
Researchers said the study shows that President Donald Trump’s rhetoric and policies to crackdown on undocumented immigrants are taking a mental toll on Latino immigrant communities worried about deportation and family separation.
The groups surveyed included undocumented parents from across the country as well as parents who have permanent residence, temporary protected or full legal status. All of the parents questioned were raising teenagers with a different type of residency status from their own...