Literature review
Immigrant trauma and mental health outcomes among Latino youth
There are three phases of the immigration process that include the premigration, during migration and the post-migration. The authors of the article look at the violence and other stressful situations that are experienced by Latino youth immigrants and their families in the three phases. In the premigration stages, these youths face a forced choice of migrating from their home country from drugs and war-related violence. During the migration phase, the teens are exposed to chaotic situations, and it is made worse for lack of family to support them. The post-migration stage is related to the extended stay in the detention centres where the living condition is substandard with traumatic events. The article assesses traumatic events that Latino youths experience in the three phases of immigration. The effects of these upsetting experience among the Latino youths include depression, anxiety and symptomatology of PTSD.
The Trauma of Trump’s Family Separation and Child Detention Actions: A Children’s Rights Perspective
The article looks at the Trump Administration’s family separation policy and the different retaliating actions taken by children’s rights perspectives. The article is divided into different parts where the first part is a summary of the Trump Administration policy and the effects on the immigrant children on the three stages of the process that include separation, detention and reunification. The purpose of the second part of the article looks at the consequences of the actions taken in stage one on the kid’s well-being, such as the long-term effects and trauma. The third part of the article is an application of children’s right framework to the policy, in particular, based on the United Nations Convention on Children’s rights. The last part of the article is a discussion on the consequences of this children’s rights assessment and actions on different fronts to discourse these tribulations and prevent similar ones from happening in the future.
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Similarities in the articles
Both of the articles agree that migrant kids that have been separated from their parents suffer post-traumatic stress and other mental health issues. These mental health problems are brought by poor living conditions, fear, lack of quality health, violation of their rights, among others. In both articles, the authors look at the effects in three different stages. In both the reports, the authors argue that there are both short-term and long term effects experienced by these children and that it should be the responsibility of the unites States government to ensure that these children’s well-being and rights are protected.
Contrast
The first article on Immigrant trauma and mental health outcomes among Latino youth is a primary source. In contrast, the second article on “The Trauma of Trump’s Family Separation and Child Detention Actions: A Children’s Rights Perspective” is a secondary source. The authors of the first article provide a first-hand account of the effects of immigration, and thus the findings are authoritative. The second article is an analysis of different sources and work done by other researchers. The authors of the first articles conduct a research project that involves respondents who are children that have undergone the immigration process. As such, they give actual information and findings. The first article provides information from a single perspective that of the child. In contrast, the second article is detailed and looks at the issue from different angles such as from the governments’ view, the child, childcare providers and from child’s right unions. Lastly, the impacts of the effects of immigration in the first article are looked into three stages that include the premigration, during migration and the post-migration, while the steps in the second article include separation, detention and reunification.