Mexican migration to the United States : perspectives from both sides of the border /

Borderlands migration has been the subject of considerable study, but the authorship has usually reflected a north-of-the-border perspective only. Gathering a transnational group of prominent researchers, including leading Mexican scholars whose work is not readily available in the United States and...

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Other Authors: Romo, Harriett (Editor), Mogollón, O. (Editor)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2016
Edition:First edition.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Policies, dynamics, and consequences of Mexican migration to the United States / Harriett D. Romo.
  • Part 1. Mexico-US migration: legal frameworks and their implications. Evolving migration responses in Mexico and the United States: diverging paths? / Francisco Alba
  • An economic perspective on US immigration policy vis-á-vis Mexico / Pia M. Orrenius, Jason Saving, and Madeline Zavodny
  • Mexican migration dynamics: an uncertain future / Jorge Durand
  • Public insecurity and international emigration in northern Mexico: analysis at a municipal level / Liliana Meza González and MIchael Feil
  • Explaining unauthorized Mexican migration and assessing its implications for the incorporation of Mexican Americans / Frank D. Bean, Susan K. Brown, and James D. Bachmeier.
  • Part 2. Incorporation into receiving communities in the United States. "Ni de aquí, ni de allá": undocumented immigrant youth and the challenges of identity formation amid conflicting contexts / Roberto G. Gonzales, Joanna B. Perez, and Ariel G. Ruiz
  • Deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) and student success in higher education / Kandy Mink Salas, Henoc Preciado, and Raquel Torres
  • Who has the right to health care and why? Immigration, health-care policy, and incorporation / Milena Andrea Melo and K. Jill Fleuriet
  • The role of elite Mexican women immigrants in maintaining language and Mexican identity / Harriett D. Romo and Olivia Mongollon-Lopez.
  • Part 3. Return migration and reincorporation. Mexican social policy and return migration / Agustín Escobar Latapí
  • Students we share are also in Puebla, Mexico: preliminary findings from a 2009-2010 survey / Victor Zúñiga, Edmund T. Hamann, and Juan Sánchez García
  • Epilogue: Continuing immigration developments / Janeth Martinez
  • Conclusion: Is Mexican migration to the United States different form other migrations? / Harriett D. Romo.