Asimilación e integración social: un estudio de caso en menores migrantes de retorno asentados en ciudades fronterizas del norte de México

• Published in: Región y sociedad (Hermosillo, Mexico) Vol. 29; no. 69
• Main Authors: Victor Hugo Rentería Pedraza, David Rocha Romero, José Guadalupe Rodríguez Gutiérrez
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: El Colegio de Sonora 01.04.2017
• Subjects: Ciudad Juárez; cultural adaptation; families; family relationships; migrant minors; Nogales; return migration; return migration; transnational family; migrant minors; social integration; cultural adaptation; families; family relationships; Tijuana; Nogales; social integration; Tijuana; transnational family
• ISSN: 1870-3925; 2448-4849
• DOI: 10.22198/rys.2017.69.a253

anti-immigrant policies implemented in the United States, in addition to the effects of the economic crisis of 2008, have increased the return to Mexico of many migrants, who return with their children. This article analyzes minors’ level of assimilation and social integration; consequently, it is limited to knowing the views of those who, along with their families, have settled in Tijuana, Nogales and Ciudad Juarez. The Survey on transnational families, education and employment was conducted, which was complemented with interviews with migrant minors. It was a case study and not about a statistically representative population. This paper provides information which leads to the understanding of the return migration to Mexico phenomenon. It shows that social interaction among minors is weak, as well as their pessimism concerning the working future; their main purpose is to return to the United States.