Causes and impacts of the deportation of Central American immigrants from the United States to Mexico

Over the last decade, the number of immigrants deported from the United States to Mexico based on an order of removal has hearly doubled. Not all migrants removed to Mexico are Mexican citizens, some are Central America citizens. This article, usins qualitative methods that includes in-depth intervi...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Izcara Palacios, Simón Pedro, Andrade Rubio, Karla Lorena
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2015
Country:México
Institution:UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA
Repository:Estudios Fronterizos
Language:Spanish
English
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.localhost:article/247
Online Access:https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/247
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:deportation
undocumented immigrants
Central America
United States
Tamaulipas
Social sciences
Demography
I work
The working class
Sociology
The social problems
social Pathology
Criminology
Immigrants
deportación
migrantes indocumentados
Centroamérica
Estados Unidos
Ciencias sociales
Demografía
Trabajo
La clase obrera
Sociología
Los problemas sociales
Patología social
Criminología
Inmigrantes
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Summary:Over the last decade, the number of immigrants deported from the United States to Mexico based on an order of removal has hearly doubled. Not all migrants removed to Mexico are Mexican citizens, some are Central America citizens. This article, usins qualitative methods that includes in-depth interviews with 75 Central American migrants who were deported from the United States, examines the causes and impacts of the deportation of Central American immigrants from United States to Mexico and concludes that these deportations led to increase in violence in Mexico.