Mexican Americans and Immigrant Incorporation

Discussion

The theme of the book edited by Elaine Levine is exciting, and represents a benchmark in the current framework of a possible U.S. immigration reform. Migration is a phenomenon of concern, particularly as this process has consequences for sending countries, like Mexico, as recipients, in this case the United States.

More broadly, the U.S. has built an attractive image around their lifestyle. This image has been instrumental in attracting of not only Mexican migrants, but also migrants from the whole of Central and South America. Often, migration is seen as a possibility to find a job, build a new life. The report to work and employment is closely linked to the desire for migration of millions of Americans from the south to the northern Mexican border.

In Mexican Americans and Immigrant Incorporation visions and connections, covers five major themes:

Starting points, points of arrival and return points,

Some perceptions in Mexico on migration and migrants,

Labor and social incorporation of immigrants in the United States,

Some experiences of migrant children in U.S. schools, and

Building the Latino identity, immigration policies and political participation of Latinos in the United States

At first, the book addresses the processes of identity developed by migrants from the state of Oaxaca in American cities to which they arrive. It describes the processes of identity of migrants in each of these places, which are both formal and informal organizations that allow them to survive and identify with the "other." The training of groups and organizations are determined by specific contextual and historical contexts, which are determined by the characteristics of the places of deportation and admission. According to these cases, internal migration in Mexico plays an important role in the process of international migration organization, as defined destinations, international routes and crossing points in the United ...