Road to Reunification: Analysis of Migration Strategies after Family Separation Due to Deportation

Authors

  • Maritza Rodríguez Gutiérrez El Colegio de la Frontera Norte image/svg+xml Author
  • Eduardo Torre Cantalapiedra El Colegio de la Frontera Norte image/svg+xml Author

Keywords:

migration policies, deportations, international migration, migration strategies, familiar separation and reunification

Abstract

Every year thousands of families have to deal with the physical separation of their members as a result of deportations conducted by US immigration authorities. The objective of this paper is to analyze the migratory strategies carried out by Mexican families after the deportation of some of their members, either to adapt to the situation of separation and / or to achieve family reunification in the United States. Based on ten interviews with deported migrants, these strategies are analyzed, highlighting the place of residence of family members over time. Moreover, to contextualize politically and historically the phenomenon of family separation by deportation, we analyze immigration control policies since the 1990s.

Author Biographies

  • Maritza Rodríguez Gutiérrez, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte

    Maestra en Estudios de Población por El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (EL COLEF), México. Coordinadora del Programa Nacional de Movilidad Humana de Ayuda en Acción, México. Líneas de investigación: movilidad humana en las fronteras, desplazamiento interno, migración y familia.

  • Eduardo Torre Cantalapiedra, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte

    Doctor en Estudios de Población por El Colegio de México (EL COLMEX), México. Investigador por México del CONACYT en El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (EL COLEF), México. Líneas de investigación: migración internacional, políticas migratorias, refugio, patrones migratorios.

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Published

2022-05-23

Issue

No. 13 (2022)

Section

Retornos

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