Snyder Susanna, Bell Holly, Busch-Armendariz Noël
Soc Work. 2015 Apr;60(2):165-73. doi: 10.1093/sw/swv004.
Immigration detention is a hot contemporary issue in the United States, with over 33,000 individuals held in detention facilities daily and reports of poor conditions and human rights abuses. Building on a growing body of theory exploring the role of faith-based organizations (FBOs) in social services provision, and seeking to address a gap in the literature concerning services provided to immigrants in detention, this qualitative study explored the responses of FBOs to immigration detainees. Twenty in-depth interviews with volunteers and staff members of FBOs as well as field notes from participant observation were analyzed using thematic coding techniques. Findings suggest that FBOs are active leaders in this area of social work practice and provide significant resources to isolated and vulnerable detained immigrants in a variety of ways. Simultaneously, they face challenges surrounding access and constricted activity. The study indicates that considerable scope exists for expanding and enhancing faith-based and other social work engagement in this crucial field.
移民拘留是美国当下的一个热点问题，每天有超过3.3万人被关押在拘留设施中，且有关于条件恶劣和侵犯人权的报道。基于越来越多探讨基于信仰的组织（FBOs）在社会服务提供中作用的理论，并试图填补文献中关于为被拘留移民提供服务方面的空白，这项定性研究探讨了FBOs对移民被拘留者的反应。使用主题编码技术分析了对FBOs志愿者和工作人员的20次深度访谈以及参与观察的实地记录。研究结果表明，FBOs是这一社会工作实践领域的积极领导者，并以多种方式为孤立无援且易受伤害的被拘留移民提供大量资源。同时，它们在获取资源和活动受限方面面临挑战。该研究表明，在这一关键领域扩大和加强基于信仰的及其他社会工作参与存在相当大的空间。
