Immigration, Family Separation, and Detainment
Immigration, separation of families, and detention have serious impacts on the economic, physical, and psychological wellbeing of those involved. They can be long or short term, direct or indirect. For instance, immigration and detention deprive families of sources of livelihood momentarily by reducing their ability to earn a living. Also, the affected people are malnourished since food is scarce in immigrant and detention camps. Moreover, the three experiences traumatize the victims and may result in depression since having to adapt to the dynamics of a new, hostile environment is quite stressful. A long term effect is change in population demographics. For example, sustained immigration may result in imbalances in population figures since more women than men move into the US (Androff, 2016).
The authorities concerned should act urgently and implement the policies regarding medical care for immigrant women. As Ali (2017) notes, health care is a basic human right, and the government should cater to the health of immigrating women. It should provide them with sanitary pads, maternal care, and develop a response strategy to address any health issues that arise as far as immigrant women are concerned.
In the face of the current CoVId-19 situation, it is risky to detain large masses of people as this may escalate the rate of infection. Authorities keep detainees in crowded camps (Alba & Foner, 2016). I think the government should test them and release those whose crimes are not serious and retain only those who test positive and pose serious security threats to the public.
I believe that the state perpetrates immigration, separation, and detention. Poor policies or insensitiveness of the government brings about these experiences. Also, the state seems to condone the separation of families and the detention of immigrants (Tarzi, 2019). As such, these are victimological issues that criminal justice officers should investigate.
References
Alba, R., & Foner, N. (2016). Strangers no More: A rejoinder. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 39(13), 2361-2369.
Ali, A. J. (2017). Economic Nationalism: Philosophical Foundations. Journal of Competitiveness Studies, 25(2), 90.
Androff, D. (2016). The human rights of unaccompanied minors in the USA from Central America. Journal of Human Rights and Social Work, 1(2), 71-77.
Tarzi, S. M. (2019). The Trump divide and partisan attitudes regarding US foreign policy: Select theoretical and empirical observations. International Studies, 56(1), 46-57.