Carrasquillo, Rosa; Ortiz, Mariluz; Martinez, Lilliam; Etc “Unpacking Racism Among Puerto Rican Scientists: Intersectionality of Colorism, Colonialism, and the Culture of Science.” Journal of Latinos and Education, 2024.

Marlow, Lorri “Addressing Unequal Funding Practices in the United States Public Education System.” John Hopkins, 2019

Nagata, Jason “Multiple forms of Discrimination and Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder.” Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 2025.  

Professor Patton

English B1A

04  November 2024

THESIS:The specific challenges confronted by immigrants in regard to alcoholism include; a negative stigma attached to its practice, lack of health facilities that cater to mental issues and the trees acquired during the immigration process which can worsen the addiction problem. Alleviation of these problems could involve the use of socioculturally tailored approaches and supportive resources considering the socio-cultural dimensions of the client and the level of acculturation of the client into the society.

Main Idea: Alcohol can be a cruel substance in many people's lives. They often struggle with this silent battle when migrating to a new country for the first time either alone or with others. They also tend to struggle adapting to their new society, isolation, financial pressures,and discrimination. Mental Health is very important as well immigrants tend to struggle deeply with their mental health.It also ties in with their trauma and family issues, and what they have dealt with in their past.It also gives them the ability to create instability, strain on relationships, financial difficulties, and can even lead to neglect or abuse of children. Many immigrants migrate to other countries to get a better job and provide for their families, it puts a weight on their shoulders by dealing with the economy and employment pressure. 

In this article about Puerto Rican Alcohol Abuse when migrating. 

  “Alcohol abuse and acculturation among Puerto Ricans in the United States; a sociological study”. The text states that, when migrating it can be difficult to adjust to a new place. So immigrants deal with the fact of loneliness and other things. So the only way they can cope with their depression is abusing their alcohol limit. “No statistically significant differences were found among subjects in the low, partial and high acculturation categories in terms of their levels of acculturative stress, or their frequency and amount of alcohol consumption. Significant associations were found, however, between stress and alcohol and illegal drug use. Findings suggest that the associations between alcohol/drug use and stress were significantly stronger among female and United States-born subjects. Study findings also suggest differences between Puerto Rican and other Latino alcohol users in the United States.”

This next article“Alcohol Use of First-Generation Immigrants.” is about First Generation immigrants abusing their alcohol limit. It states that, “While the reported percentage of first-generation immigrants struggling with alcohol abuse is lower than second-generation immigrants, getting access to treatment is more difficult for this group. Additionally, the risk of developing an alcohol use disorder increases depending on the age the person was when they entered the US.” The percentages in this article states that when you're a second generation immigrant you have more pressure put on you because you want to make your generation above you proud. So with that it puts more might on their shoulders and can cause depression and substance abuse. 

Works Cited:

“Alcohol Use of First-Generation Immigrants.” Alcohol.org, alcohol.org/alcoholism-and-race/immigrants/.

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WebTYs.com. “Academic Book: Alcohol Abuse and Acculturation among Puerto Ricans in the United States: A Sociological Study.” Mellenpress.com, 2024, mellenpress.com/book/Alcohol-Abuse-and-Acculturation-Among-Puerto-Ricans-in-the-United-States-A-Sociological-Study/6339/. Accessed 6 Nov. 2024.

“Alcohol Use of First-Generation Immigrants.” Alcohol.org, alcohol.org/alcoholism-and-race/immigrants/.

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WebTYs.com. “Academic Book: Alcohol Abuse and Acculturation among Puerto Ricans in the United States: A Sociological Study.” Mellenpress.com, 2024, mellenpress.com/book/Alcohol-Abuse-and-Acculturation-Among-Puerto-Ricans-in-the-United-States-A-Sociological-Study/6339/. Accessed 6 Nov. 2024.

Grande, Reyna. The Distance Between Us: A Memoir. Atria Books, 2012.

Thesis: While the United States has made strides with immigrants in educational achievements and life improvements over the last decade, college level education is still a tremendous and unequal obstacle for former DACA recipients now that the program has come to a close. In addition to the uncertainty that their education would be able to continue. the reality of socioeconomics barriers affects them with the cost of housing, cost of education, safe environments, and overwhelming course work that comes with higher education.

MAIN IDEA: my research essay is to explore the connection between DACA recipients and the idea of higher education contributing to a better life alongside dealing with social and economic problems that plague immigrant communities and families in the United States. Firstly the question would be how would this effect the medical profession, with more people interested in the medical field there would be more diversity and inclusion for people who are ill and want to be treated. Those people who could be treating them at one point in time were undocumented citizens who under DACA there children would have the freedom and ability to pursue this choice of profession yet with current government legislation the possibility of deportation becomes more apparent

A: even so with current officials unable to come to a consensus on the state of the program the fear of being displaced from somewhere you have worked and lived can be heart breaking and extremely difficult to manage.

B. The life quality of immigrants can vary from family to family such things as duration of time spent in the U.S plays a major factor in they type of assistance they would ask of the government this article goes over the different needs of families who ask the government for assistance for example those who were here for a shorter duration asked for immediate help with food and clothing as opposed to those who stayed for years asked for assistance in things like housing and transportation.

C. As part of government assistance for immigrants some people believe that technology should also be available for them such as computers since majority of information can be found online this could not only help educate them but also be used as a way to communicate and make connections with communities that they are apart of as well as a way to get a better understanding of America life through social interactions both online and in person.

D.  the public health care available to DACA recipients which gives details on what medications they can afford and what is and isn’t covered under the public health insurance programs.

E. Information on different kinds of immigrants can also help identify what type of aid or life support this person would need such as the difference between an asylum seeker and a person born in the U.S by immigrant parents.

F. Looking and comparing the difference between generational immigrate in families as they navigate both life and educational opportunities as DACA recipients.

COUNTERARGUMENT:

A compelling counter argument would be along the issue of resources as well as decision on who gets them such as government assistance why should the government provide and protect for immigrants if it can’t do so for its own American citizens who could benefit from that assistance as well.

Alongside the medical cost of hospital visits and illnesses that require large sums of money wouldn’t those benefits be better suited to the American people who can get better and return to the work.

WORK CITED:

1.     Iwai, Yoshiko, et al. “Supporting DACA Recipients and International Students Pursuing Careers in Medicine: A Pilot Program for Advisors.” PLoS ONE, vol. 17, no. 2, Feb. 2023, pp. 1–13. EBSCOhost, https://doi-org.bakersfieldcollege.idm.oclc.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281540.

2.     Duh-Leong, Carol, et al. “Duration of US Residence And Resource Needs In Immigrant Families With Young Children.” Journal of Child & Family Studies, vol. 31, no. 1, Jan. 2022, pp. 211–19. EBSCOhost, https://doi-org.bakersfieldcollege.idm.oclc.org/10.1007/s10826-021-02182-0.

3.     Park, Jin K et al. “DACA, public health, and immigrant restrictions on healthcare in the United States.” Lancet regional health. Americas vol. 21 100493. 17 Apr. 2023, doi:10.1016/j.lana.2023.100493

4.     McDonald, Sashane. “What Are the Differences Between Immigration Statuses? Refugee, Asylee, TPS, Parolee, DACA, and Nonimmigrant Status.” GPSolo, vol. 41, no. 4, July 2024, pp. 23–26. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=179113312&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

5.  Gillezeau, Christina et al. “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) medical students - an examination of their journey and experiences as medical students in limbo.” BMC medical education vol. 21,1 358. 28 Jun. 2021, doi:10.1186/s12909-021-02787-5

6.  El-Banna, Ghida et al. “The Intergenerational Health Effects of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program on Families With Mixed Immigration Status.” Academic pediatrics vol. 22,5 (2022): 729-735. doi:10.1016/j.acap.2021.07.016

7.  Torres, Jacqueline M et al. “The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and birth outcomes in California: a quasi-experimental study.” BMC public health vol. 22,1 1449. 29 Jul. 2022, doi:10.1186/s12889-022-13846-x