Shifting Roles in Families of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Recipients and Implications for the Transition to Adulthood. (September 2021)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Shifting Roles in Families of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Recipients and Implications for the Transition to Adulthood. (September 2021)
- Main Title:
- Shifting Roles in Families of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Recipients and Implications for the Transition to Adulthood
- Authors:
- Aranda, Elizabeth
Vaquera, Elizabeth
Castañeda, Heide - Abstract:
- The 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program enabled undocumented immigrant young adults to more freely participate in U.S. society. Guided by family systems theory, which emphasizes that individual actors are interdependent with others within family units, we analyze the experiences of young adult DACA recipients while members of their families remain deportable. We draw from 44 in-depth interviews with DACA recipients who are part of mixed-status families to answer three questions: How were the benefits of DACA distributed within mixed-status family units and discrepancies interpreted by recipients? How did obtaining DACA change recipients' roles and responsibilities within their families? And to what extent did obtaining DACA shape young adults' envisioned futures? We discuss potential results of the program, including changes in familial relationships, conflicting roles, and challenges in recipients' efforts at individuation from their families.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of family issues. Volume 42:Number 9(2021)
- Journal:
- Journal of family issues
- Issue:
- Volume 42:Number 9(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 42, Issue 9 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 42
- Issue:
- 9
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0042-0009-0000
- Page Start:
- 2111
- Page End:
- 2132
- Publication Date:
- 2021-09
- Subjects:
- Immigrant -- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) -- family systems theory -- young adults -- precarity -- brokerage -- carework -- mixed-status families
Families -- United States -- Periodicals
Family -- Periodicals
306.8505 - Journal URLs:
- http://jfi.sagepub.com/ ↗
http://www.sagepublications.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/0192513X20967977 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0192-513X
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- Legaldeposit
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