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Daily Dispatch
November 15, 2019
Both DACA and TPS have become political playthings for the Trump administration and their futures are unclear. As we shared earlier this week, the Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday regarding DACA. What they decide will determine the future of 700,000 people and has the potential to rip apart thousands of families.
The fear and uncertainty undocumented immigrants and holders of DACA and TPS feel not only impacts them, but their entire families. In 2016, the APA published a study on the effects on U.S. born children living with undocumented parents and found numerous long and short-term consequences. The study states:
The possibility of losing a parent to deportation, having to hide a family member’s legal status, and living in fear of authority and in social marginality has consequences on children’s mental wellbeing including high rates of anxiety, depression, fear, attention problems and rule-breaking behaviors.
This is in addition to the many physical and financial hardships.
NPR podcast "Code Switch" has followed a family with mixed status. Two parents, three children and three different legal realities. Mom and Dad are undocumented. One sibling has DACA. One is undocumented, and one is a U.S. citizen. One of those children, Miriam Gonzalez, is a plaintiff in the case suing the Trump Administration for ending DACA. To hear in their own words what being a mixed-status family looks like and what the fear of family separation does to a family, click here.
