TY - JOUR AU - Gonzalez, Nelly AU - Morgan, Melissa PY - 2013/04/04 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Aftermath of Deportation: Effects on the Family JF - Revista Interamericana de Psicología/Interamerican Journal of Psychology JA - RIP/IJP VL - 46 IS - 3 SE - Students Research DO - 10.30849/rip/ijp.v46i3.307 UR - https://journal.sipsych.org/index.php/IJP/article/view/307 SP - AB - <p>The primary aim of this qualitative study was to understand how Latino<ins datetime="2011-10-10T16:27" cite="mailto:itg%20itg">/a</ins> families in the United States are affected when a family member is deported. The U.S. Census Bureau (2008) reports that 4% of the population is undocumented immigrants and that 47% of households with an undocumented immigrant are family households (e.g. have a spouse or child). Given this large number of families liable for experiencing deportation, the need to conduct a study exploring this phenomenon seemed important. Five individuals who identified as Latino/a and who had a family member deported were interviewed and data was analyzed following a phenomenological approach. Five main themes emerged: lifestyle changes and adjustments, social support, impact on family unit, impact on individual family members, and solutions to family separation. These results are discussed as well as possible implications.</p> ER -