How Immigration Enforcement Affects the Lives of Older Latinos in the United States

David Becerra; Louise M. Quijano; M. Alex Wagaman; Andrea Cimino; Kelly N. Blanchard

doi:10.1080/10875549.2014.999969

How Immigration Enforcement Affects the Lives of Older Latinos in the United States

David Becerra, Louise M. Quijano, M. Alex Wagaman, Andrea Cimino, Kelly N. Blanchard

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The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of U.S. immigration enforcement on the lives of older Latinos in the United States. Data were drawn from the 2007 Pew Hispanic Center National Survey of Latinos. The sample consisted of 326 participants who were age 55 years or older. Multivariate ordinal logistic regressions indicated that participants who had greater hardships as a result of U.S. immigration enforcement (a) had lower use of government services, (b) perceived the situation for Latinos worse today, (c) had a greater fear of deportation, and (d) perceived a lower quality of life for themselves.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	357-376
Number of pages	20
Journal	Journal of Poverty
Volume	19
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10875549.2014.999969
State	Published - Oct 2 2015

Keywords

Latinos
fear of deportation
immigration
older Latinos
undocumented immigration

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Demography
Sociology and Political Science

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