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Mariana Hall, Elizabeth Hares, Austin Lepper, Hayley Meredith, Sotheavy Moeung,
Sylvia Niemyjski, Natalie Noss, & Ian Sande
Legal Immigration
Difference between Legal Immigrants and Illegal
Immigrants.
Legal Immigrants, two groups:
o Legal Residents
o Legal Citizens
Legal Immigrants
Definitions
Hispanic Immigrants
Hispanic: a term created by the U.S government for the 1970
census, used to identify individuals living in the United States but
from Latin American descent.
Beliefs, roles, and customary practices
The family is a close-knit group and social unit, not only
nuclear family but extended family
The father is the head of the family, and mother is responsible
for the home
Preserve the Spanish language within children and home
Have a moral responsibility to aid other members of the family
Retrieved from ilovenjlibraries.org
Hispanic Immigrants
Occupational injustice, health, wellbeing, and occupational
engagement:
Alienation & imbalance due to language barriers
Limitations in education, leisure, and health maintenance
occupations
Stereotyping and common assumptions about Hispanic immigrants:
o They are un-educated
o They take jobs from the Americans
Retrieved from http://www.ibtimes.com/republican-outlook-immigration-reform-we-have-get-past-primaries-1556446
o They are illegal
o They receive government help
Personal Interviews
Colombian-American Male
Occupational injustices
o No occupational injustices noted by the interviewee
Rather the interviewee felt grateful for the opportunity to move to America
Occupational experiences
o Status did not affect work and was able to start a career in business
Barriers and supports
o Barriers
Language
Transportation
School system
o Supports
Personal Interviews
Mexican-American woman
Occupational injustices
o Interviewee had difficulties opening bank accounts
o People often assumed she was uneducated
o Healthcare providers assumed she could not afford to
pay for services and that she was receiving government
help
Occupational experiences
o Interviewee had to redo her undergraduate in
Architecture
o Interviewee misses the sense of community and walking
to the grocery store
Barriers and supports
o Barriers
Language
Personal Interviews
Puerto Rican Women
Occupational injustices
o
School system
Work Place
Outside Activities
Retrieved from www.timothyraines.com
o Supports
Personal Interviews
Cuban-American Woman
Occupational Injustices
o Alienation
o Marginalization based off of assumptions of others
Social interactions
Language
o Supports
Family members
Cambodian Immigrants
Beliefs, values, roles, and customary practices:
o
Modern: The American Dream and remembering the hardships of the Genocide
Language and education level limits health opportunities (Kim & Keefe, 2010)
Retrieved from
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/education/edlife/affirmati
ve-action-a-complicated-issue-for-asian-americans.html?
pagewanted=all
Personal Interview
Cambodian American Woman
Arab Immigrants
Beliefs, values, roles, and customary practices:
o
Customs center on hospitality around food, socializing with family and friends
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http://www.posh24.com/photo/50
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Retrieved from
http://washingtonnote.com/o
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Personal Interview
Palestinian American Woman
Occupational Injustices:
o After 9/11, neighbor told her to go back where she came from
o Arab stereotypes
Barriers
o Finding balance between American and Palestinian cultures
Supports
o Freedom and leaving the occupation behind in Israel
o Marriage - receiving her green card
o Religion - Christianity
Retrieved from
https://palestineawarenesscoalition.wordpress.com/
European Immigrants
Populations beliefs, values, roles, and customary practices
Eastern Europeans:
a.
b.
c.
Formality
i.
d.
e.
Personal Interview
Polish-American Woman
Occupational injustices
o No occupational injustices noticed by the interviewee
o The interviewee felt that the benefits and opportunities in America outweighed any injustices that they
were faced with
Language
Was more of a problem in the beginning of residence in the United States
lack of finances
education
o Supports
British Immigrants
Beliefs and Values
British Immigrants see themselves generally as different than Europeans.
59% reported Christian, 25% reported no affiliation, and 3%-5% reported
as Muslim.
Occupational Injustice
Similar to the United States in that its a westernized industrial nation,
speak similar language, however accent is recognizable and distinguishes
from American general population.
Culturally soccer or football is the most popular national sport, creates
confusion with American football.
(Office of National Statistics, 2015)
Personal Interview
British-American Woman- Legal Resident
Occupational Injustices:
o Alienation- Accent
o Marginalization based off of assumptions of others- Views herself as British first, before American based
on others people opinion of her.
Had a hard time fitting in with their Dominican cousins, as their assimilation to
American culture made them different.
They felt torn between maintaining their heritage in order to please their parents and
fully assimilating into the American culture
They felt that no one would ever understand their mix of Catholicism-Agnosticism
and mixed Hispanic-American Styles.
(Alvarez, 2010)
Retrieved from
www.glogster.com
Occupational Engagement
Immigrants changed their occupational habits and choices after coming to
the U.S.
Language barrier limited some occupational engagements (i/e higher
education, social participation)
Safety & freedom to partake in occupations of choice
A theme of Immigrant Optimism was a common dialogue with all
interviewees (Baum & Flores, 2011)
Occupational Injustice
Marginalization is subjective
Factors related to stigma
Differences in appearance - traditional dress
Cultural and religious practices
Language barriers - speaking with an accent
Skin tone
American born citizens tend to make stereotypical assumptions that all legal
immigrants feel marginalized
This is a myth!
Whether immigrants felt marginalized or not depended on their personal
lived experiences.
(Pitkin Derose, Escarce, & Lurie 2007)
Activity
MadGab link:
http://www.freemadgabonline.com/
Citizenship test:
http://www.playbuzz.com/wrtvdigital10/canyou-pass-a-u-s-citizenship-test
References
Alvarez, J. (2010). How the Garcia girls lost their accents. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books
of Chapel Hill.
Associated Press. (2015, February 14th). Gop: obama giving amnesty bonuses. Wall Street Journal, pp. 1A, 2A.
Partee, G., & Council of Chief State School Officers, W. E. (1995). Ensuring All Students Access to
chool-to-Work Opportunity Systems in the States. Fifth in a Series on School-to-Work Implementation
Baum, S. & Flores, S. (2011). Higher education and children in immigrant families. Future of Children, 21(1), 171-193.
Doyle, K. (2013, July 10). Many pediatricians still not using interpreters. Retrieved February 23, 2015, from
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/10/us-pediatricians-interpreters-idUSBRE9690SZ20130710.
Kim, W. & Keefe, R. (2010). Barriers to healthcare among asian americans. Social Work in Public Health, 25, 286295. doi:
10.1080/19371910903240704.
Martin, S. (2012). Exploring discrimination in american health care system: perceptions/experiences of older iranian
immigrants. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 27(3), 291-304. doi:10.1007/s10823-012-9168-z.
References
Kim, W. & Keefe, R. (2010). Barriers to healthcare among asian americans. Social Work in Public Health, 25, 286295. doi:
10.1080/19371910903240704.
Martin, S. (2012). Exploring discrimination in american health care system: perceptions/experiences of older iranian
immigrants. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 27(3), 291-304. doi:10.1007/s10823-012-9168-z.
Marshall, G., Schell, T., Elliot, M., Berthold, S., & Chun, C. (2005). Mental health of cambodian refugees 2 decades after
resettlement in the united states. Journal of the American Medical Association, 294(5), 571-579.
doi:10.1001/jama.294.5.571.
McElroy, M. (2011). Fatting in: immigrant groups eat high-calorie american meals to fit in. UW Today. Retrieved from
http://www.washington.edu/news/2011/05/03/fatting-in-immigrant-groups-eat-high-calorie-american-meals-t
o-fit-in/
References
Mueller, B. (2014). Requirements keep young immigrants out of long island classrooms. The New York Times.
Retrieved from http://nyti.ms/ZEFubE
Office of Statistics. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/index.html , 2015.
Pitkin Derose, K., Escarce, J., & Lurie, N. (2007). Immigrants and health care: sources of vulnerability. Health Affairs,16(5),
1258-1268. Retrieved from http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/26/5/1258. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.5.1258.
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Language differences
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