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Doctoral Dissertation Research: Immigration, Mixed-Status Families, Risk Management and Vulnerability

博士论文研究：移民、混合身份家庭、风险管理和脆弱性

基本信息

批准号：
1702837
负责人：
Cecilia Menjivar
金额：
$ 1.2万
依托单位：
University of Kansas Center for Research Inc
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2017-05-01 至 2018-04-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1702837&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Doctoral Dissertation Research Immigration Mixed

项目摘要

This project examines the challenges Latino mixed-status families face in Kansas. Mixed-status families have, by definition, family members of different legal statuses, such as undocumented, semi-legal, or citizen. For Latino mixed-status families, the spillover consequences of current enforcement practices and limited options for regularizing their legal status include family separation, economic strain, and low educational attainment as well as problems with mental health and cognitive development. Previous studies on mixed-status families homogenize Latinos as a pan-ethnic group, blurring intragroup differences and ignoring long histories of colonization, discrimination, and resistance efforts of Indigenous- and Afro-Latino groups. To fill this gap, this project explores Indigenous (Mixteco and Tlapaneco) and non-Indigenous Latino mixed-status families' experiences and investigates the consequences for family dynamics, individual identity, and community engagement. Research involving immigrant families is typically conducted in cities in the West, East, and Southwest parts of the U.S., traditional destinations for immigrant populations. This project takes place in Kansas, allowing for a critical examination of the effects of structural arrangements in this specific context on mixed-status families. Using an intersectional analysis and sociolegal scholarship on immigration policy, this research asks: (1) How does the intersection of structural inequalities based on race, class, gender, and legal status shape mixed-status families' experiences in Kansas? and (2) How do mixed-status family members manage risk, negotiate their legally vulnerable lives, and respond to their conditions? A qualitative study of sixty in-depth interviews with Indigenous (Mixteco and Tlapaneco) and non-Indigenous Latino mixed-status family members and a year-long participant observation in social gatherings, cultural events, and pro-immigration protests in east-central Kansas constitute the main sources of data to investigate these questions. This project gives a voice to a highly marginalized group--mixed-status Indigenous (Mixteco and Tlapaneco) and non-Indigenous Latino families, showing not only how structures affect their livelihoods, but also how they negotiate and contest systems of power and oppression. The findings will provide bases and recommendations for new directions on immigration policy. Through the analysis of the link between citizenship and "illegality," and a careful examination of the blurred boundaries of marginalization, this research can ultimately lead to initiatives in which these transgressions are recognized and made just.

这个项目探讨了拉丁美洲混合身份的家庭在堪萨斯面临的挑战。根据定义，混合身份家庭的家庭成员具有不同的法律的身份，如无证、半法律的或公民。对于拉丁裔混合身份的家庭，目前的执法实践和有限的选择规范其法律的地位的溢出后果包括家庭分离，经济压力，低教育程度以及心理健康和认知发展的问题。以往关于混合身份家庭的研究将拉丁美洲人同质化为一个泛种族群体，模糊了群体内的差异，忽视了土著和非洲裔拉丁美洲人群体的殖民、歧视和抵抗努力的长期历史。为了填补这一空白，该项目探讨土著（Mixteco和Tlapaneco）和非土著拉丁美洲混合身份家庭的经验，并调查家庭动态，个人身份和社区参与的后果。涉及移民家庭的研究通常在美国西部、东部和西南部的城市进行，传统移民目的地。这个项目发生在堪萨斯，允许在这一特定背景下对混合身份家庭的结构安排的影响进行严格审查。运用交叉分析和社会法律奖学金的移民政策，本研究问：（1）如何交叉的结构性不平等的基础上种族，阶级，性别和法律的地位形状混合状态的家庭的经验，在堪萨斯？（2）混合身份家庭成员如何管理风险，协商他们在法律上脆弱的生活，并应对他们的条件？一项定性研究的60个深入采访土著（Mixteco和Tlapaneco）和非土著拉丁美洲混合身份的家庭成员和为期一年的参与者观察在社交聚会，文化活动，和亲移民抗议活动在中东部堪萨斯构成的主要数据来源，调查这些问题。这个项目让一个高度边缘化的群体----混合身份的土著（Mixteco和Tlapaneco）和非土著拉丁美洲家庭----发出声音，不仅展示了结构如何影响他们的生计，而且还展示了他们如何谈判和对抗权力和压迫制度。调查结果将为移民政策的新方向提供依据和建议。通过分析公民身份与“非法性”之间的联系，并仔细审查边缘化的模糊界限，这项研究最终可以导致采取主动行动，承认这些违法行为并使之公正。