Emigration, immigration and return: Mexican immigrant’s cycle in Calexico, California, USA

This article describes a community of Mexican immigrants legally residing in the city of Calexico, California. Firstly, a brief review on the history of migration from Mexico to the United States, chiefly to Imperial County, is presented. Afterwards, the traits of the immigrant group is described ac...

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Huvudupphovsman: Fimbres Durazo, Norma
Materialtyp: Online
Språk:spa
Publicerad: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California 2000
Länkar:https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/291
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Sammanfattning:This article describes a community of Mexican immigrants legally residing in the city of Calexico, California. Firstly, a brief review on the history of migration from Mexico to the United States, chiefly to Imperial County, is presented. Afterwards, the traits of the immigrant group is described according to the data coming from a survey that was applied to 407 Mexican immigrants. To conclude, the results provided by the survey on the causes for such emigration, the motives for immigrating, as well as the bearing existing between the immigrant and his/her country of origin, through the return migration, are all presented.