Mexican Migration to the United States : : Perspectives From Both Sides of the Border / / ed. by Olivia Mogollon-Lopez, Harriett D. Romo.

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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Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2016
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Policies, Dynamics, and Consequences of Mexican Migration to the United States
  • PART 1. Mexico-US Migration: Legal Frameworks and Their Implications
  • Introduction
  • 1. Evolving Migration Responses in Mexico and the United States: Diverging Paths?
  • 2. An Economic Perspective on US Immigration Policy vis-à-vis Mexico
  • 3. Mexican Migration Dynamics: An Uncertain Future
  • 4. Public Insecurity and International Emigration in Northern Mexico: Analysis at a Municipal Level
  • 5. Explaining Unauthorized Mexican Migration and Assessing Its Implications for the Incorporation of Mexican Americans
  • PART 2. Incorporation into Receiving Communities in the United States
  • Introduction
  • 6. “Ni de aquí, ni de allá”: Undocumented Immigrant Youth and the Challenges of Identity Formation amid Conflicting Contexts
  • 7. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Student Success in Higher Education
  • 8. Who Has the Right to Health Care and Why? Immigration, Health-Care Policy, and Incorporation
  • 9. The Role of Elite Mexican Women Immigrants in Maintaining Language and Mexican Identity
  • PART 3. Return Migration and Reincorporation
  • Introduction
  • 10. Mexican Social Policy and Return Migration
  • 11. Students We Share Are Also in Puebla, Mexico: Preliminary Findings from a 2009–2010 Survey
  • Epilogue: Continuing Immigration Developments
  • Conclusion: Is Mexican Migration to the United States Different from Other Migrations?
  • Contributors
  • Index