Doctoral Dissertation Research: Stability and Disruption in Transnational Families

加州大学欧文分校博士论文研究：跨国家庭的稳定和破坏自1996年以来，美国的移民和驱逐政策变得越来越严格。因此，驱逐出境的人数在1995年(50924人)至2009年(387 790人)之间增加了七倍多。为了应对驱逐出境的急剧增加，人权组织已开始记录因驱逐而分离的跨国家庭的后果。家庭破裂给家庭成员，特别是留在美国的美国公民儿童带来的意想不到的后果，被证明与父母被监禁的儿童经历的后果相似。本文考察了受驱逐出境影响的家庭如何应对这种分离，并试图缓解家庭分离的负面影响。在这个过程中，研究考察了驱逐出境对跨国空间中家庭解体(离婚、遗弃)、移民和其他重构的影响。从这个意义上说，该项目审查了跨国家庭在多变的移民和执法环境中能够在多大程度上发挥主动作用，而不仅仅是被动作用。数据收集策略借鉴了在美国和萨尔瓦多进行的半结构化生活史访谈。布罗德影响了解有助于家庭稳定的因素--相反，导致家庭解体的因素--仍然是政策制定者和公众非常感兴趣的重要社会问题。该项目的调查结果可能也会引起美国和萨尔瓦多的社会工作者和执法专业人员的兴趣，并将相应地进行传播。由于其明确的跨国组成部分，该项目将有助于在加州大学和南加州和萨尔瓦多的非营利性移民权利组织之间架起桥梁。研究成果的传播将包括在社会学会议、社会科学出版物和一般印刷媒体上发表演讲。

SES - 1130500Rubén G. Rumbaut (PI)M. Kathleen Dingeman-Cerda (co-PI)University of California, IrvineDoctoral Dissertation Research: Stability and Disruption in Transnational FamiliesAbstractSince 1996, immigration and deportation policies in the United States have grown increasingly restrictive. As a result, deportations have increased more than sevenfold between 1995 (50,924) and 2009 (387,790). In response to this drastic increase in deportations, human rights organizations have begun to document the consequences for transnational families experiencing separation due to deportation. The unintended consequences of family disruption on family members, especially U.S. citizen children left behind in the U.S., turn out to parallel those experienced by children with incarcerated parents. This dissertation examines how families affected by deportation cope with such separations and try to mitigate the negative impact of family separation. In the process, the research examines the effects of deportation on family dissolution (divorce, abandonment), emigration, and other reconfigurations in transnational space. In that sense, the project examines the degree to which transnational families can play a proactive rather than merely reactive role in a fluid immigration and law enforcement context. Data collection strategies draw on semi-structured life history interviews conducted in the U.S. and El Salvador.Broader ImpactsUnderstanding the factors that help make families stable -- and, inversely, factors that lead to family dissolution -- remains an important social issue of significant interest to policy makers and the general public. Findings from this project may also be of interest to social workers and law enforcement professionals in both the U.S. and El Salvador and will be disseminated accordingly. Because of its explicit cross-national component, the project will help build bridges between the University of California and non-profit migrant rights organizations in Southern California and El Salvador. Dissemination of research findings will include presentations at sociological conferences, publication in social science and general print media.