Across the country, immigrants live in heightened fear of deportation. However, one subset of this population struggles with additional worries.
Immigrants with children who have disabilities often feel staying in the most developed country in the world is their lone chance to provide their children with the adequate care they need. In this changing political climate where the new administration is aiming to crack down on undocumented immigrants, these families are living in a different kind of fear day to day, afraid of what the future holds. Days spent walking to the park, or going to the shopping mall, have been replaced with staying indoors, fearing the immigration raids that have been taking place in their neighborhoods.
There has not been a lot of research conducted on immigrant parents of children with disabilities. But previous studies have found that it is difficult for these parents to find adequate care for their children.
