Re-Immigration after Deportation : Family, Gender, and the Decision to Make a Seond Attempt to Enter the U.S.

Molina follows the journey of 70 deported migrant women and men as they consider further migration while staying in a migrant shelter located at the U.S.-Mexico border. She shows the complex ways in which gender and family shape further migration intentions. One unexpected development was the large...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Molina, Paola
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2013.
Series:New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Subjects:
Deportees > Mexico.
Deportees > United States.
Immigrant families > Mexico.
Immigrant families > United States.
Familles immigrantes > Mexique.
Familles immigrantes > États-Unis.
Deportees
Emigration and immigration > Government policy
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
Immigrant families
Mexico > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Aspect social.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Politique gouvernementale.
Mexico
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Molina follows the journey of 70 deported migrant women and men as they consider further migration while staying in a migrant shelter located at the U.S.-Mexico border. She shows the complex ways in which gender and family shape further migration intentions. One unexpected development was the large presence of permanent U.S. settlers in the sample. Of the 70 respondents, 29 were residing in the U.S. when they were apprehended. Desperate for family reunification, the majority of these respondents intended to cross again, despite dangerous crossings of the Arizona-Sonora desert, multiple apprehe.
Physical Description:1 online resource (170 pages)
ISBN:9781593327361
1593327366

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