Rodriguez Nestor, Paredes Cristian L, Hagan Jacqueline
1 The University of Texas at Austin, USA.
2 Loyola University Chicago, IL, USA.
J Aging Health. 2017 Sep;29(6):986-1014. doi: 10.1177/0898264317710839. Epub 2017 Jul 3.
The passage of the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) and other subsequent restrictive immigration policies have created fear among Latino immigrants. This study examines whether fear of immigration enforcement is socially significant among older (50+ years) foreign-born Latino individuals in the United States without citizenship or permanent residence, and whether disapproval of immigrant enforcement policies is directly associated with fear of immigration enforcement among this older population.
Data used in the analysis come from 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2013 national Latino surveys conducted by the Pew Research Center. Cross-sectional regression models are used to estimate the probabilities of fearing immigration enforcement in the Latino samples, as well as to examine the association between disapproval and fear of immigration enforcement.
The study finds that the predicted probabilities of fearing immigration enforcement among foreign-born individuals aged 50 and over without citizenship or permanent residence are not negligible. Moreover, the study finds evidence of a direct association between the disapproval of enforcement measures and fear of immigration enforcement.
Restrictive immigration measures have implications for conditions of fear and other stressors affecting the well-being of older immigrants.
1996年《非法移民改革和移民责任法》（IIRIRA）的通过以及随后的其他限制性移民政策在拉丁裔移民中引发了恐惧。本研究调查了对移民执法的恐惧在美国50岁及以上无公民身份或永久居留权的外国出生拉丁裔个体中是否具有社会显著性，以及对移民执法政策的不赞成是否与该老年人群体对移民执法的恐惧直接相关。
分析中使用的数据来自皮尤研究中心2007年、2008年、2010年和2013年进行的全国拉丁裔调查。横断面回归模型用于估计拉丁裔样本中害怕移民执法的概率，以及检验不赞成与害怕移民执法之间的关联。
研究发现，50岁及以上无公民身份或永久居留权的外国出生个体中，害怕移民执法的预测概率不可忽略。此外，研究发现有证据表明对执法措施的不赞成与害怕移民执法之间存在直接关联。
限制性移民措施对影响老年移民福祉的恐惧状况和其他压力源有影响。
