Effects Of Deportation On Families
These days the number of people that are living in the country without having all the documents are being deported back to their origin. The deportation has come with very many consequences to the families of the deported. The following are effects of the consequences of the deportation process on the people that are left behind.
One of the effects is that more children are ending up in foster care. When those parents that do not have the proper documents to prove that they are citizens are deported back to their countries. Most of these kids that are citizens by birth end up in foster care. Being raised by parents that are not really related is very traumatic especially to those kids that are not used to these kind of life. The second negative effect of deportation is that there are many single parents these days. If at all one parent has been deported, only one parent remains back to provide for the needs of the family. This is humiliating especially in these hard times where there is a need to have both parents providing. The parent that is left behind is also left with the task of dealing with the immigration services and bring back their partners back in the country.
The other problem that families are facing is that the parent that is left behind has to face financial difficulties since the other partner is not available. As mentioned earlier we are living in tough economic times . Therefore when one member of the family has left, and they were the one that was providing for the family; the other family members are left to bear the problem all by themselves. The other effect is that people are left with the stress of finding for the family by themselves. Kids that have seen the horrifying scene of their parents getting deported have to live in constant fear thinking that their parents will be deported too. This constant fear is not healthy because it causes anxiety and depression to the kids.
People that have seen their families deported are usually hesitant to ask for help from law enforcers. When they are facing a threat they are afraid of calling help from the law enforcers because they feat they will do the same to their families. They are also scared of going to hospitals whenever they are sick because they do want to give any information that might make at risk of being deported. For this reason they do not go to hospitals which is risky for their health.
Children from parents that have been deported are unable to focus in their class work. It has also been proved that family members are likely to show symptoms of mental health problems.