Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Effects of Monitoring on Immigrant Lives

截至2015年，超过180万移民处于递解程序中，等待轮到他们在移民法庭出庭。然而，移民和海关执法局（ICE）不能同时拘留所有180万移民，主要是因为ICE的预算每天只提供3.4万个拘留床位。因此，不符合强制拘留条件的移民都参加了“强化监督露面计划”（ISAP），该计划强制使用全球定位系统（GPS）脚踝监视器。我们知道，美国的一些移民政策与移民的健康状况不佳有关，但很少有研究表明，在视觉上被标记并置于持续监控之下，是如何影响身心健康以及获得医疗保健的。本研究将展示GPS踝关节监测对移民身心健康的影响。项目结果将有助于为移民和公共卫生政策提供信息。在今天的美国，不符合强制拘留条件的移民都参加了“替代拘留计划”（ATDP），并且必须在脚踝上佩戴GPS监视器。该项目在多种环境下进行人种学观察，并对戴着GPS脚踝监视器的移民进行深入、半结构化的采访。虽然这些人不再被拘留，但他们仍然受到脚踝监视器的监视。该项目将记录GPS脚踝监测器对社会、物质、精神和身体的影响，比如焦虑和找房子的困难。该研究项目对拉丁裔移民人口的研究做出了理论贡献，同时也记录了监控对个人的影响。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

As of 2015, more than 1.8 million immigrants were in removal proceedings, awaiting their turn to appear in immigration courts. However, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) cannot detain all 1.8 million immigrants simultaneously, mostly because ICE's budget only funds 34,000 detention beds on a given day. Therefore, immigrants who do not qualify for mandatory detention are enrolled in the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program (ISAP), which enforces the use of a Global Position System (GPS) ankle monitor. We know that some U.S. immigration policies are associated with immigrant ill health, but scant research exists on how being visually marked and placed under constant surveillance affects physical and mental health as well as health care access. This research will show the impact of the GPS ankle monitoring on the mental and physical health of immigrants. Project findings will help inform immigration and public health policies. In the U.S. today, immigrants who do not qualify for mandatory detention are enrolled in Alternative to Detention Programs (ATDP) and must wear a GPS ankle monitor. The project uses ethnographic observations in multiple settings and in-depth, semi-structured interviews with immigrants wearing the GPS ankle monitor. Although these people are no longer in detention, they are still under surveillance via the ankle monitors. The project will document the social, material, mental, and physical effects of the GPS ankle monitors, such as anxiety and difficulty finding housing. This research project makes a theoretical contribution to studies of Latino immigrant populations, while also documenting the effects of surveillance on individuals.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.