Mexican migrant workers in the Leamington community are deprived from rights that are universally granted to migrant workers and lack the feeling of membership within a community. Throughout this essay I will be demonstrating all the rights that migrant workers are entitled to but are unable to exercise their rights due to the lack of knowledge of the legal framework and communication skills. Mexican migrant workers are also unable to obtain their rights because of the lack of support from others as a result of within the community. Although the government has put in place many programs to help migrant workers have the sense of belonging, there are too many factors of exclusion that outweighs Mexican migrant workers’ feelings of belonging. In the article Post-national Citizenship, Social Exclusion and Migrant Rights: Mexican Seasonal Workers in Canada by Tanya Basok, she explains many factors that contribute to the deprivation of Mexican migrant workers’ rights which are the lack of knowledge of the legal framework, communication skills lack of support from the community. The first is the lack of knowledge regards to the legal framework. Mexican workers do not exercise many of their rights because they are unaware of what they are entitled to in the first place. Mexican migrant workers who are employed in Ontario are covered under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, Ontario Human Rights Code, Occupational Health and Safety Act and Ontario Health Insurance Plan. Migrant workers also entitled to Employment Insurance and Canadian Pension Plan because of the income taxes that they pay. There are some restrictions that migrant workers face such as they are not eligible for regular employment insura... ... middle of paper ... ...dies Depression Scale (CES-D) is one of the most widely used measures of psychological distress in community samples and has been found to have good internal reliability and construct validity among Mexican Americans. The Migrant Farm Workers Stress Inventory (MFWSI) is a validated, standardized instrument used to measure stress associated with Mexican migrant farmworkers. There are also several limitations in this study. First, researchers did not distinguish between migrant and seasonal workers. Second, this population may lack basic standardized testing skills, and as a result participants may not have fully comprehended. Third, the process was not consistent; half of the participants chose not to have the surveys read aloud to them. It also appeared that many participants were hesitant to ask for assistance even when they may not have understood the questions.
Social problems include difficulties with family relationships, isolation, interpersonal conflicts, and pressures of social roles. The Latino culture tends to place a higher premium on the well-being of the family unit over that of any one family member, a concept termed familialism (Smith & Montilla, 2006). In general, familialism emphasizes interdependence and connectedness in the family, and often extends familial ties beyond the nuclear family (Falicov, 1998). Given these values, Latinos often describe depression in terms of social withdrawal and isolation (Letamendi, et al., 2013). Social roles also play an important role in mental health, traditional gender roles in particular are strongly enforced and can be a source of distress. In Latino culture, men and women are expected to fulfill the roles outlined in the traditions of Machismo and Marianismo respectively. Machismo indicates that the man is supposed to be strong and authoritative, while Marianismo designates the woman as the heart of the family both morally and emotionally (Dreby, 2006). Although there is little research on causal factors, adherence to these traditional gender roles can pose a psychological burden and has been found to be strong predictor of depression (Nuñez, et al., 2015). The centrality of social problems in the conceptualization of depression for Latinos may be reflective of the collectivistic values that are characteristic of the group. Although these values have the potential to contribute to depression, they also have the potential to serve as protective factors and promote mental health (Holleran & Waller, 2003). Therefore, it is imperative that the counselor carefully consider cultural values, both in terms of potential benefits and drawbacks, to provide appropriate counseling to the Latino
In Amin Ahmad’s I belong here, the reader is faced with a sense of sympathy that makes the reader’s view of the world, not only questionable, but alterable. This personal experience, written in the year 2010 shames the fact that this world has and shows how little progress the world has made in the judgment and discrimination of immigrants. These people look differently, speak differently, and live differently; but on the inside they are the same. Nonetheless, they are looked down upon by people from different cultures. The author uses his personal ethos and pathos to support the claim of value that immigrants are not treated fairly. A claim of value is a claim that is based off of what is right and what is wrong.
The migrant worker community in states like Florida, Texas, and California is often an ‘obscure population’ of the state. They live in isolated communities and have very little stability or permanence. According to the Florida Department of Health, 150,000 to 200,000 migrant workers work in the State of Fl...
The Mental Health Effects of Maquiladora Work on Mexican Women: Sources of Stress and its Consequences
Roberto Suro, the author of “Strangers Among Us”, wrote arguably one of the most sincere and informative immigration related narratives. Suro’s analysis and observations of the emergence of social and economic immigrant contribution go into great depth and explanation of exactly how Latino Immigration is slowly but surely transforming America. Suro’s narrative gives an in depth look at various Latino groups and how each group adapted and intertwined with American societies around the nation. Each Latino group regardless of immigrating location had its own separate story and journey as they each have immigrated to an American generation that is seeing economic changes with an overall unsympathetic American attitude towards immigrants. Immigrating to another nation forms
Eleanor Roosevelt said, “the future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” That statement holds strong for immigrants in America. Equal access to opportunities allows immigrants to achieve the American dream. Their success correlates with America’s success because of the contributions immigrants provide to America. Unfortunately, the current immigration policy in America denies many immigrants the American dream. It is crucial to understand the historical context of immigration in America. Initially, most immigrants were from Europe and were not restricted by any immigration laws. Now, most immigrants come from Latin America but are restricted to severe immigration laws. The Latino/a community is one of the most severely affected groups because the current immigration system disproportionally affects Latino/as. Recognizing how the experience of Latino/a immigrants have been both similar and different in the past from other immigrant groups and dispelling common misconceptions about Latino/as today bring an awareness how Latino/as are affected.
Depression is a mental health disease, which sometimes goes undetected for many months or years in patients. There is not a certain characteristic the one has that says whether or not they will be affected by depression. Depression is like a rain cloud constantly hovering one or like a big black blanket that one cannot pull off of them. (Leung, LaChapelle, Scinta, & Olvera, 2014) states in a study it was report that “Mexican Americans were more likely than any other racial group to have a persistently high depressive symptoms trajectory. The study also found that Mexican American women had higher rates of depression than the men in this group. Depression is defined as a feeling of hopelessness.” Depression can be treated with medications like anti-depressants or Beta-Blockers. In some patients the mental illness never dissipates even with the help of
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Since a long time ago immigrant families have been coming to the U.S. to seek a better life. The idea of the American Dream becomes shattered once they start dealing with all the obstacles to get to the United States from South or Central America. People start facing discrimination and are taken advantage of. Since their journey starts, immigrants face discrimination from everywhere they go; the people who help them cross over to the U.S. charge high amounts of money to help them come over. Once they get to the United States immigrants continue in the same pattern of being abused, and taken advantage of. It is important to mention that if people are moving from their own country of origin it must be because the conditions they are living in are worse than the ones they are willing to live in, by moving. People that decide to make the move and explore new ways of living are often faced with discrimination, wage-theft and poor health conditions. “Wage theft is particularly prevalent among immigrant workers, and ―work-related exploitation appears to be growing along with the country’s immigrant population.” (James Pinkerton,
Politics, defined as organized control over a human community, subsists in all convivial levels, in the state of California. The people of California experience politics in many aspects of their lives. Politics impact the educational system, health care, welfare servicess, law enforcement, and even marriage Cultures must conform according to politics. The population must live, work, dress, and behave according to the politics of a few officials in high-ranking regime positions. Plato once verbally expressed,” One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” (Plato) Politics perpetuate to infringe upon the “California Dream” by way of the tax increases, budget cuts, and immigration laws. The politics of immigration change frequently predicated on discriminating political views towards a particular migrating culture. For instance, the Chinese Exclusion Act came into effect to control the incremented population of Chinese immigrants in 1882. Proposition 187, devised to control the sizably voluminous Hispanic population by enjoining illicit immigrant’s access to social services, education, and health care, shows another example of the fluctuating immigration politics.
As Martin Luther King, Jr, described, oppression is a worldwide problem, however though the most crucial group is the Mexican immigrants in America, due to the economical, educational, and societal discrimination they face in a country where is everyone is said to be free; consequently though due to anti- immigration groups and non- acceptance in America, this problem has remained unsolved, and will remain so until people can learn to accept people for who they are, and not where they come from.
Immigrants must overcome many barriers to succeed in America. First, migrants frequently must learn a new language. Inability to communicate is a critical barrier for accessing the health care system (Urrutia-Rojas, Marshall, Trevino, Lurie, & Minguia-Bayona, 2006). Second, the processes of work and schooling for themselves and their families can be daunting. Lastly, immigrants use the established social network of longer duration residents for reference and knowledge (Nandi, Galea, Lopez, Nandi, Strongarone, & Ompad, 2008). For purposes of this report, there are three different types of immigrant: legal, undocumented, and refugees or persons seeking asylum. All three types of residents want to succeed and achieve their personal dream.
For Mexicans, the general reason to migrate is for pure economy reasons. For Cubans and Guatemalans, the main reason is to escape from persecution at home and seek refugee status in the United States. For Indigenous communities, it is generally a combination of the two. But often or not, the poor and unlivable conditions in the home country are just too much to bear. They are often so horrible that not only are men and women willing to face and in some cases, die to reach the United States but, as dramatized in “Victoria para Chino”, so too do the children of migrant parents. Upon crossing the border, many migrants discover that the much-hyped notion that the US is a land of opportunity or plentiful work is not true. Migrants, unlike citizens, have far fewer choices to employment options such as agriculture and service jobs. Generally, these jobs provide low pay and are some of the most economically vulnerable during economic downturns. If a migrant cannot find stable work, he is often forced onto the streets as a jornalero. A jornalero is basically a day laborer that seeks work on street corners. However, this method of work is notorious for its unreliability for work and money that it is often joked that there is only “¡Tres trabajos para toda la pinche ciudad!” (Ordenez pg.44). While
Refugees are likely to develop high rates of depression and anxiety. Although refugees are fleeing to a safe and new
Could you imagine working up to twelve hours a day and only making less than a dollar? Well that was the everyday life of a simple migrant worker during The Depression. These workers were forced to live this lifestyle after the Dust Bowl hit many states. Although they struggled a majority of the Depression, they still managed to get the job that needed to be done to continue to support their family.