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Moving to the ‘Homeland’
Children’s Narratives of Migration from the United States to Mexico
Betsabé Román González, Eduardo Carrillo Cantú, Rubén Hernández-León
Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos, Vol. 32 No. 2, Summer 2016; (pp. 252-275) DOI: 10.1525/mex.2016.32.2.252
Betsabé Román González
Tecnologico de Monterrey
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Eduardo Carrillo Cantú
Universidad de Monterrey
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Rubén Hernández-León
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Abstract

A growing number of minors have become part of the return migratory flow from the United States to Mexico. Based on a longitudinal study started in 2012, this article uses life-history narratives to analyze the return experiences of three children who arrived in the state of Morelos, Mexico, between 2010 and 2012. The findings presented here focus on a specific segment of the children’s migratory journey: leaving the United States, crossing the border and arriving in Morelos. The article contributes to the scholarship on children’s narratives of migration, which has been under-emphasized in traditional studies of United States-Mexico migration.

Un número creciente de menores de edad forma parte del flujo migratorio de retorno de Estados Unidos a México. Con base en un estudio longitudinal iniciado en el 2012, este artículo hace uso de las historias de vida para analizar las experiencias de retorno de tres niños que llegaron al estado de Morelos, México, entre el 2010 y el 2012. Los resultados que se presentan están centrados en un segmento específico del recorrido migratorio de estos niños: partir de los Estados Unidos, cruzar la frontera y llegar a Morelos. Este artículo contribuye a los estudios migratorios centrados en la narrativa de los niños, la cual ha sido poco valorada en los estudios de migración entre Estados Unidos y México.

Key words:
  • return migration
  • life-histories
  • trajectories
  • decision making
  • family strategies
  • children’s agency
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  • migración de retorno
  • historias de vida
  • trayectorias
  • toma de decisiones
  • estrategias familiares
  • agencia de niños
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Vol. 32 No. 2, Summer 2016

Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos: 32 (2)
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Moving to the ‘Homeland’
Children’s Narratives of Migration from the United States to Mexico
Betsabé Román González, Eduardo Carrillo Cantú, Rubén Hernández-León
Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos, Vol. 32 No. 2, Summer 2016; (pp. 252-275) DOI: 10.1525/mex.2016.32.2.252
Betsabé Román González
Tecnologico de Monterrey
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Eduardo Carrillo Cantú
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Moving to the ‘Homeland’
Children’s Narratives of Migration from the United States to Mexico
Betsabé Román González, Eduardo Carrillo Cantú, Rubén Hernández-León
Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos, Vol. 32 No. 2, Summer 2016; (pp. 252-275) DOI: 10.1525/mex.2016.32.2.252
Betsabé Román González
Tecnologico de Monterrey
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Eduardo Carrillo Cantú
Universidad de Monterrey
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Rubén Hernández-León
University of California, Los Angeles
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