Immigrant Integration Through Mediating Social Institutions: Issues and Strategies

被引:11
作者
Martone, Jessica [1 ]
Zimmerman, Danielle [1 ]
De Haymes, Maria [1 ]
Lorentzen, Lois [2 ]
机构
[1] Loyola Univ Chicago, Sch Social Work, 820 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
[2] Univ San Francisco, Theol & Religious Studies Dept, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA
关键词
Immigrants; immigration; integration; incorporation; multiculturalism; social institutions; inclusive community; social inclusion;
D O I
10.1080/10705422.2014.929062
中图分类号
C916 [社会工作、社会管理、社会规划];
学科分类号
1204 ;
摘要
With nearly 40 million foreign-born residents, the United States is the country with the largest immigrant population in the world (Nwosu, Batalova, & Auclair, 2014). This amounts to 13% of the current US population and has fueled debates about the role of immigrants in American society and about what it means to be American (Batalova & Lee, 2012; Hing, 2004). The issue of immigrant integration is at the center of this debate and is also the focus of this study, which examines immigrant integration in two U.S. cities: San Francisco, California and Chicago, Illinois. This study is part of a larger 2007 multi-country study of immigrant integration practices conducted by Cei-Migra, a migration research institute based in Valencia, Spain. This study analyzes data collected in the two U.S. study sites, which consists of 19 extensive qualitative interviews with politicians, policy makers, labor leaders, and nongovernment (NGO) and migrant association leaders regarding issues that affect and strategies that facilitate immigrant integration. The interviewees identified two primary points of integration: the economy and local communities. Common barriers affecting both documented and undocumented immigrants were identified, as well as local strategies that promote integration into the economy and the community. Study participants noted the burden on local communities to address immigrant incorporation and called for stronger and more systematic integration programs and policies at the federal level.
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页码:299 / 323
页数:25
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