Immigration flows across the globe have created separations between parents and their children, and between nuclear families and extended families, often for a prolonged period of time.
In a study of recently immigrated adolescents, Suarez-Orozco, Todrova, Louie (2002) find that 85 percent of the sample had been separated from one of both of their parents for an extended time. This contributed to a host of difficulties including increased depression and academic decline.With the average waiting period for relatives of permanent residents ranging from 6 to 19 years (as in the case of Mexican-born individuals), families are forced to make tough decisions regarding when each member can migrate and children are left with little choice at all.
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