Migration from the Mexican Mixteca
Subtitle: a transnational community in Oaxaca and California
By: edited by Wayne A. Cornelius ... [et al.].
Contributors: Cornelius, Wayne A., 1945-
Series: CCIS anthologies -- 6
Publisher: Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego; Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California, San Diego
Published: 2009
Place of publication: La Jolla, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780980056020; 9780980056037
Subjects: Mexicans -- California -- San Diego County; Illegal aliens -- California -- San Diego County; San Miguel Tlacotepec (Mexico) -- Emigration and immigration; San Diego County (Calif.) -- Emigration and immigration
Description: "This volume provides a vivid portrait of a transnational migrant community anchored in both the remote Mixteca region of Oaxaca and the San Diego metropolitan area. Drawing on surveys and interviews with migrants and potential migrants conducted by a binational research team in 2007-2008, the contributors show how the Oaxaca-based and the California-based natives of the town of San Miguel Tlacotepec have built parallel communities separated by an increasingly fortified international border. Their findings shed important new light on a range of vital issues in US immigration policy, including the efficacy and impact of border enforcement, how undocumented status affects health and education outcomes, and how modern telecommunications are shaping transborder migrant networks."--Book cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.