Fear of Deportation and Associations with Mental Health Among Michigan Residents of Middle Eastern & North African Descent

Anti-immigrant rhetoric and immigration policy enforcement in the United States over the last 2 decades has increased attention to fear of deportation as a determinant of poor health. We describe its association with mental health outcomes among Middle East and North African (MENA) residents of Mich...

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Published inJournal of immigrant and minority health Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 382 - 388
Main Authors Fleming, Paul J., Patel, Minal R., Green, Molly, Tariq, Madiha, Alhawli, Asraa, Syed, Nadia, Ali, Ali, Bacon, Elizabeth, Goodell, Stefanie, Smith, Alyssa, Harper, Diane, Resnicow, Kenneth
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.04.2023
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
African cultural groups
Anxiety
Bivariate analysis
Comparative Law
Deportation
Descent
Enforcement
Fear
Fear & phobias
Fear - psychology
Health behavior
Health insurance
Health Policy
Health status
Humans
Immigrants
Immigration
Immigration policy
International & Foreign Law
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental depression
Mental Health
Michigan - epidemiology
Middle Eastern People - psychology
Minority & ethnic groups
North African People - psychology
Original Paper
Policies
Private International Law
Public Health
Residents
Rhetoric
Sociology
United States
Worry
United States
Michigan
Deportation worry
Immigration policy
Mental health
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Summary:Anti-immigrant rhetoric and immigration policy enforcement in the United States over the last 2 decades has increased attention to fear of deportation as a determinant of poor health. We describe its association with mental health outcomes among Middle East and North African (MENA) residents of Michigan. Using a convenience sample of MENA residents in Michigan (n = 397), we conducted bivariate and multiple variable regression to describe the prevalence of deportation worry and examine the relationship between deportation worry and depressive symptoms (PHQ-4 scores). We found that 33% of our sample worried a loved one will be deported. Deportation worry was associated with worse mental health (p < 0.01). Immigration policies are health policies and deportation worry impacts mental and behavioral health.
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ISSN:1557-1912
1557-1920
DOI:10.1007/s10903-022-01394-w