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The Trump administration has paid increased attention to immigration enforcement and deportations. The climate in today’s country has caused a large increase in fear, stress, and overall uneasiness among immigrants, because of these enforcements and deportations. This is something that becomes a complex challenge for many as the uneasiness regarding enforcements and deportations leads to negative health issues overall. Since the rise of immigration raids, detentions and investigations, there has not been a strong focus by state or federal officials, on how Latin American immigrants, specifically Mexican immigrants, are racially profiled regarding their citizenship and overall immigration status. Officials such as these need to address this issue due to the effects it is having on an individual’s mental health and their concern needs to be focused on making everyone in this country feel safe and included, for a more united and productive country. What also needs to be investigated by leaders and federal officials of this country is the effect of worry and concern about deportations on individuals, which may lead to poor mental health, including anxiety and depression. This thesis uses racial profiling and stress theory to examine how being viewed as undocumented affects the mental health of foreign-born Mexicans. Using an innovative survey funded by the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (n=517), Latino adults mostly consisting of first generation immigrants, in this study have been questioned about being worried about deportation, their self-reported physical and mental health, as well as various self-reported indicators of stress. These respondents were also asked how accurately they think non-Hispanic/Latino people can guess their immigration status. A series of logistic regressions were conducted to understand how others view of respondent’s immigration status being correctly profiled, and whether these results affect if they worry about being deported. Mediation analysis is used to explain how the stress of deportation influences physical and mental health outcomes. The preliminary findings suggest that the more accurately respondents believe non-Latinos can guess their immigration status the higher likelihood of reporting poor physical and mental health, thus affecting them in their daily lives.
ContributorsSanchez Marquez, Omar (Author) / Vargas, Edward (Thesis director) / Szkupinski-Quiroga, Seline (Committee member) / School of Sustainability (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2019-05
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American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) is a non-profit logistics aid firm that provides supply chain assistance to non-profit organizations in times of crisis. It acts somewhat as a non-profit 3PL, connecting nonprofits seeking humanitarian aid goods, materials handling equipment, warehousing, logistics transportation, and expertise to an outstanding network of partner companies and organizations who help to deliver on their requests. In June of 2020, our team began an internship to identify and implement key process improvements for ALAN’s internal and external processes. This thesis is a summary of our findings, our solutions proposal, and their applicability to other non-profit organizations.
ContributorsTrevino, Melissa (Co-author) / Cantrell, Ryan (Co-author) / Shultz, Delaney (Co-author) / Keane, Katy (Thesis director) / Baskin, Connor (Committee member) / Dean, W.P. Carey School of Business (Contributor) / School of International Letters and Cultures (Contributor) / School of Sustainability (Contributor) / Department of Supply Chain Management (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2021-05
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I wrote creative non-fiction to enrich and expand the existing narratives of Mexican immigrant experiences by preserving oral histories and thus, influence a broader cultural understanding. As a first-generation Mexican-American writer, I believe there is a pressing need to explore the stories of my people, particularly those of my father. I also acknowledge the master narratives that work to influence and consequently oppress my own voice as a writer. The master narrative values white experiences and voices in narrative writing while devaluing work from non-white authors. Thus, it became critical for me to reclaim my true voice as a writer and consequently, disrupt this harmful master narrative. Through this project, I reclaimed my voice as a writer, the one that pays homage to my cultural roots by writing my father's stories authentically. I integrated my heritage language Spanish and English in the writing of these stories. As the daughter of immigrants, this is an important way of representing my identity through my writing. Additionally, the importance of this work is greatly exemplified by the unity that springs forth among Mexican immigrants and children of those immigrants when experiences like these are shared and released into the world. At present, the Mexican immigrant community faces social and political discrimination in the form of misrepresentation, anti-immigrant rhetoric, and racism. Therefore, there is a palpable need for more accurate representation to combat these issues. Written storytelling provides a valuable glimpse into my father's experience as a Mexican immigrant and is a valuable tool to challenge harmful master narratives.
ContributorsVillezcas, Araceli (Author) / de la Garza, Amira (Thesis director) / Cuadraz, Gloria (Committee member) / School of Sustainability (Contributor) / Hugh Downs School of Human Communication (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2018-05
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The passage of 2007's Legal Arizona Workers Act, which required all new hires to be tested for legal employment status through the federal E-Verify database, drastically changed the employment prospects for undocumented workers in the state. Using data from the 2007-2010 American Community Survey, this paper seeks to identify the impact of this law on the labor force in Arizona, specifically regarding undocumented workers and less educated native workers. Overall, the data shows that the wage bias against undocumented immigrants doubled in the four years studied, and the wages of native workers without a high school degree saw a temporary, positive increase compared to comparable workers in other states. The law did not have an effect on the wages of native workers with a high school degree.
ContributorsSantiago, Maria Christina (Author) / Pereira, Claudiney (Thesis director) / Mendez, Jose (Committee member) / School of International Letters and Cultures (Contributor) / Department of Economics (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2018-05
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Much of the community in Rocky Point, Mexico, faces chronic poverty and limited economic development. However, using an asset-based community development model, a local non-profit organization is working to empower the people to take the community's development into their own hands. 1MISSION, through its community-driven projects and programs, is helping bring sustainable and meaningful development to Rocky Point.
ContributorsHubert, Sara (Author) / Datta, Manjira (Thesis director) / Mendez, Jose (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of Economics (Contributor) / School of Sustainability (Contributor)
Created2023-05