Undocumented Lives: The Untold Story of Mexican Migration

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In the 1970s the Mexican government acted to alleviate rural unemployment by supporting the migration of in a position-bodied men. Millions crossed into america to find work that would help them live to tell the tale in addition to sustain their families in Mexico. They took low-level positions that few Americans wanted and sent money back to communities that depended on their enhance. But as U.S. authorities pursued more aggressive anti-immigrant measures, migrants found themselves caught between the economic interests of competing governments. The fruits of their labor were needed in both places, and yet neither country made them feel welcome.

Ana Raquel Minian explores this unique chapter in the history of Mexican migration. Undocumented Lives draws on private letters, songs, and oral testimony to recreate the experience of circular migration, which reshaped communities in america and Mexico. Whilst migrants could earn for themselves and their families in the U.S., they needed to go back to Mexico to reconnect with their homes periodically. Despite crossing the border many times, they managed to belong to communities on both sides of it. Paradoxically, the U.S. immigration crackdown of the mid-1980s disrupted these flows, forcing many migrants to remain north of the border permanently for fear of not with the ability to return to work. For them, america became referred to as the jaula de oro―the cage of gold.

Undocumented Lives tells the story of Mexicans who have been used and abused by the broader economic and political policies of Mexico and america.

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