Abstract
The examination of toxic environment as a result of poverty, crime rate, limited employment opportunities, poor quality of education, and families with mixed-immigration status demands closer attention at the community level, as the number of children of deportees rapidly increases, subjecting many of these children to an underclass, clustered in ghettoized or toxic environment communities. This chapter looks at the consequences of US parental deportation as many US-born children are left behind in low-income communities to grapple with the challenges of living in a broken home.
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For information on current cases on loss of parental rights due to deportation, visit www.colorlines.com.
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A term in immigration law that considers a conduct that is contrary to community standards of justice, honesty, or good morals. Such behavior considers an individual inadmissible to the United States and must be deported.
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In this study ghetto refers to a part of a city occupied by a minority group or groups. Usually referred as the slums, ghetto communities are characterized by high crime rate, low educational attainment, and people with low income.
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To measure the levels of social exclusion, the Social Exclusion Unit (2004) explored seven macro drivers: income, employment, education, health, housing, neighborhood and networks, and crime or the fear of crime.
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For more information on school truancy, visit http://www.nyclu.org/content/impact-of-school-suspensions-and-demand-passage-of-student-safety-act.
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Arias, F.N. (2013). US Citizen Children of Deportees: Picking Up the Broken Pieces of a Bulimic Society. In: Brotherton, D., Stageman, D., Leyro, S. (eds) Outside Justice. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6648-2_6
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