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Salvadoran Women's Migration To The United States: Lessons Of Challenge And Hope For The Church, Michael Ramos
Salvadoran Women's Migration To The United States: Lessons Of Challenge And Hope For The Church, Michael Ramos
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In this study, the researcher investigated the migration experience and resettlement of five Salvadoran women who sought refuge in the United States. Unlike refugees who have been placed after a vetting process, through an international placement program and the United States State Department, Salvadorans have often fled to the United States, with or without U.S. federal authorization. Often they have applied for asylum after arriving in the United States. This leaves many Salvadorans (1) separated from family members and loved ones, (2) facing possible economic hardship, and (3) vulnerable to detention and deportation. Yet, these immigrants have demonstrated—if we go …