{"id":1625,"date":"2025-10-31T04:13:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T04:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lavoz.us.com\/homepage\/?p=1625"},"modified":"2025-10-31T04:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T04:13:08","slug":"education-as-a-reason-for-family-migration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lavoz.us.com\/homepage\/american-community-media\/education-as-a-reason-for-family-migration\/","title":{"rendered":"Education as a Reason for Family Migration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While the media and academic studies have described the economic reasons behind family migration, the education of children is often overlooked. Families find hope in the education system, not only for social and economic advancement, but also as a way to educate their children beyond the strictly academic.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a briefing organized by American Community Media, Harvard scholar Gabrielle Oliveira, author of Now We Are Here: Family Migration, Children’s Education and Dreams for a Better Life,<\/em> explains the close relationship between love and education in family migration and how Trump’s anti-immigration policies affect this link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oliveira explains that migrant families are often portrayed as one-dimensional, whose sole motivation is to improve their economic situation. However, she emphasizes that the education of their children is particularly important to them, as it acts as a \u201cstabilizing force,\u201d where the possibility of their children going to school gives meaning to the sacrifices they make as migrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Migrant families see education as part of the promise of the \u201cAmerican Dream,\u201d in which if you work hard enough in the education system, you can have more opportunities. But in addition to the promise of social advancement, migrant families understand that forming good human beings is part of education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Oliveira warns about anti-immigration policies that are designed to harm migrant families and discourage them. The academic acknowledges that we are in a state of high vigilance, as migrant families are concerned about accompanying their children to school, removing them from the education system. This could damage the social fabric, causing young and productive people to feel uprooted from the United States, generating trauma and long-term exclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of the recommendations to avoid this situation, Oliveira recommends the integration of migrant children, creating spaces where they can share their culture in depth. However, budget cuts for schools have led to a shortage of staff dedicated to creating these spaces and accompanying migrant families in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La Educaci\u00f3n como Motivo para la Migraci\u00f3n Familiar<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Si bien los medios de comunicaci\u00f3n y estudios acad\u00e9micos han descrito las razones econ\u00f3micas detr\u00e1s de la migraci\u00f3n familiar, muchas veces se deja en segundo plano la educaci\u00f3n de los hijos. Las familias encuentran esperanza en el sistema educativo, no solo de ascenso social y econ\u00f3mico, sino como una manera de formar a sus hijos m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de lo estrictamente acad\u00e9mico.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

En una reuni\u00f3n organizada por la American Community Media, la acad\u00e9mica de Harvard, Gabrielle Oliveira, autora de Now We Are Here: Family Migration, Children\u2019s Education and Dreams for a Better Life,<\/em> explica la estrecha relaci\u00f3n entre el amor y la educaci\u00f3n en la migraci\u00f3n familiar y c\u00f3mo las pol\u00edticas antiinmigratorias de Trump afectan este v\u00ednculo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oliveira explica que las familias migrantes suelen ser mostradas como unidimensionales, cuya \u00fanica motivaci\u00f3n es la mejora de su situaci\u00f3n econ\u00f3mica. Sin embargo, ella resalta que la educaci\u00f3n de los hijos tiene una importancia particular para ellas, ya que act\u00faa como una \u201cfuerza estabilizadora\u201d, donde la posibilidad de que sus hijos vayan a la escuela, da sentido al sacrificio que atraviesan por su condici\u00f3n de migrantes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Las familias migrantes encuentran en la educaci\u00f3n parte de la promesa del \u201cSue\u00f1o Americano\u201d, en la que si te esfuerzas lo suficiente en el sistema educativo puedes tener m\u00e1s oportunidades. Pero adem\u00e1s de la promesa de ascenso social, las familias migrantes entienden que la formaci\u00f3n de buenos seres humanos es parte de la educaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sin embargo, Oliveira advierte sobre las pol\u00edticas antiinmigratorias que est\u00e1n dise\u00f1adas para da\u00f1ar a las familias migrantes y desalentarlas. La acad\u00e9mica reconoce que nos encontramos en un estado de alta vigilancia, ya que las familias migrantes sienten preocupaci\u00f3n de acompa\u00f1ar a sus hijos a la escuela, apart\u00e1ndolos del sistema educativo. Esto podr\u00eda deteriorar el tejido social, ocasionando que personas j\u00f3venes y productivas se sientan desarraigados de los Estados Unidos, generando trauma y exclusi\u00f3n a largo plazo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Como parte de las recomendaciones para evitar esta situaci\u00f3n, Oliveira recomienda la integraci\u00f3n de los hijos de migrantes, generando espacios donde puedan compartir de forma profunda su cultura. Sin embargo, la reducci\u00f3n de presupuesto para las escuelas ha ocasionado un d\u00e9ficit de personal dedicado a crear estos espacios y acompa\u00f1ar a las familias migrantes en el proceso.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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