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Vol. 36 No. 2 (2021): 107, May-August
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Criminalization, family separation and re-migration to the United States of deported Mexican men

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  • Eduardo Torre Cantalapiedra,
  • Luis Enrique Calva Sánchez
Eduardo Torre Cantalapiedra
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, sede Tijuana / Cátedras Conacyt
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Luis Enrique Calva Sánchez
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, sede Monterrey
Bio
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24201/edu.v36i2.1971

Published 2021-05-07

Keywords

  • international migration,
  • immigration policy,
  • migratory patterns,
  • familiar separation,
  • deportation,
  • criminalization,
  • re-entry in the United States.
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Torre Cantalapiedra, E., & Calva Sánchez, L. E. (2021). Criminalization, family separation and re-migration to the United States of deported Mexican men. Estudios Demográficos Y Urbanos, 36(2), 637–672. https://doi.org/10.24201/edu.v36i2.1971
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Abstract

By using data from the Survey on Migration in the Northern Border of Mexico, we analyze how the intentions to return to the United States of the men deported by the immigration authorities of that country vary, according to how they are affected by the deportation system, that criminalizes the undocumented migrants and their re-entry into the US territory and according to the members of their families who remain in that country after deportation. Additionally, we examine the figures of deportations, family separations, prohibitions of re-entry and intentions of re-entry.

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