Structural Barriers to Inclusion in a Latino Immigrant New Destination: Exploring the Adaptive Strategies of Social Service Organizations in South Carolina

A growing number of Latino immigrants are settling in immigrant new destinations with restrictive anti-immigrant policies. Poverty and legal status create obstacles to social and economic inclusion in these places. Theoretically, local social service providers are in a structural position to amelior...

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Published in:Journal of international migration and integration 2018-11, Vol.19 (4), p.1075-1093
Main Authors: Roth, Benjamin J., Grace, Breanne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Barriers
Community organizations
Constraints
Demography
Destinations
Discrimination
Enforcement
Hispanic Americans
Immigrants
Immigration
Immigration policy
Latin American cultural groups
Legal status
Limitations
Low income groups
Marginality
Migration
Noncitizens
Organizations
Policies
Population Economics
Poverty
Qualitative research
Social agencies
Social exclusion
Social integration
Social Sciences
Social services
Social services delivery
Sociology
Strategies
Travel
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Summary:A growing number of Latino immigrants are settling in immigrant new destinations with restrictive anti-immigrant policies. Poverty and legal status create obstacles to social and economic inclusion in these places. Theoretically, local social service providers are in a structural position to ameliorate these obstacles, but the localized nature of service delivery in the USA requires that immigrants physically travel to access these supports. A growing literature on new destinations has begun to identify barriers to inclusion in immigrant new destinations, but few have explored how local mainstream social service providers are developing strategies to address these concerns. Building on the immigrant new destinations literature and the expansion of immigration enforcement to these areas, this qualitative study examines barriers to services in South Carolina from the perspective of local organizations. In-depth interviews with leaders from 50 direct service providers yield several themes related to structural barriers and organizational strategies to respond to these barriers. Cutting across these themes are limitations imposed by state-level policies and the impact of social exclusion due to marginalized legal status. We discuss the implications of this context for social service providers and the social inclusion of low-income Latino immigrants in South Carolina.
ISSN:1488-3473
1874-6365
DOI:10.1007/s12134-018-0587-8