abstract: 'Objective This research examines how undocumented Latina mothers

  negotiate work-family conflict amid restrictive immigration policies.

  Background Women in the United States continue to contend with tension

  between work and family and poor women face particular constraints.

  Latina immigrants have increasingly settled and formed families in the

  United States and joined the labor market in low-wage occupations.

  Unlike U.S.-born women, these women must contend with restrictive

  immigration policies, suggesting new areas for understanding the

  intersectional inequalities that shape work-family conflict.

  Method Findings are based on in-depth interviews conducted with 45

  Latina immigrant mothers in North Carolina who had paid labor market

  experience. Interview topics included family, work, and migration across

  women''s life histories.

  Results Place-specific policy contexts, working conditions, patriarchal

  expectations, and lacking access to care networks challenge Latina

  immigrants'' ability to fulfill the dual motherhood roles they occupy as

  both family providers and caregivers and nurturers for their children.

  Conclusion The social expectations of motherhood add a dimension of

  precarity to women''s vulnerable status as undocumented workers and

  demonstrate the gendered impact of immigration policies.

  Implications Restrictive policies make it increasingly difficult for

  undocumented women to obtain or move between jobs in the low-wage labor

  market. Findings highlight the importance of considering immigration

  status in studies of work-family conflict, particularly as policies

  targeting immigrants intensify.'
author: Straut-Eppsteiner, Holly
author-email: hstraut@gmail.com
author_list:
- family: Straut-Eppsteiner
  given: Holly
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1111/jomf.12737
earlyaccessdate: OCT 2020
eissn: 1741-3737
files: []
issn: 0022-2445
journal: JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
keywords: 'immigration; migrant families; labor force participation; low\&\#8208;

  income families; motherhood; qualitative research; work\&\#8211; family

  balance'
keywords-plus: 'WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT; LABOR; MIGRATION; GENDER;

  DECADE; STAY'
language: English
month: JUN
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '86'
pages: 865-880
papis_id: 69b795bfcbe02dc68ed1d1cb11df14b2
ref: Strauteppsteiner2021undocumentedmothers
times-cited: '8'
title: Undocumented Mothers and Work-Family Conflict in Restrictive Policy Contexts
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000582981100001
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '20'
volume: '83'
web-of-science-categories: Family Studies; Sociology
year: '2021'