ABSTRACT

This article provides an overview of structural limitations and challenges imposed by U.S. immigration law and enforcement policies and how they specifically impact families. Our analysis draws from numerous years of experience practicing immigration law and analysis of social and legal factors that impact immigrant individuals and families. We provide historical context for the Trump administration policies that have generated so much debate, reviewing how U.S. immigration creates barriers to family unity and stress on immigrant individuals and families, and explaining how the current administration has exacerbated these problems. We aim to help group psychotherapists gain greater awareness of their immigrant patients’ experiences through an analysis of immigration law and the use of case studies.

 抽象的

本文概述了美国移民法和执法政策带来的结构性限制和挑战，以及它们对家庭的具体影响。我们的分析借鉴了多年的移民法实践经验以及对影响移民个人和家庭的社会和法律因素的分析。我们为引发如此多争论的特朗普政府政策提供历史背景，回顾美国移民如何对家庭团聚造成障碍以及对移民个人和家庭造成压力，并解释现任政府如何加剧这些问题。我们的目标是通过对移民法的分析和案例研究的使用，帮助团体心理治疗师更好地了解移民患者的经历。